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Hollis v. Kutz, 255 U.S. 452 (1921)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Hollis v. Kutz, 255 U.S. 452 (1921)
Hollis v. Kutz No. 37 Argued March 2, 1921 Decided March 21, 1821 255 U.S. 452
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Syllabus
1. Under the act establishing the Pubic Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, a person claiming that an order of the Commission raising the rates of a gas company infringes his constitutional rights need not make complaint or appear before the Commission before bringing suit to have the order declared void. P. 454.
2. An order of the Commission raising the rates chargeable by a gas company to private consumers in the District of Columbia without changing a lower and unremunerative rate fixed by act of Congress for gas furnished the government and the District held not to involve any unconstitutional discrimination against private consumers, or taking of their property without due process of law, since the United States may fix any rate for itself and for the District as a condition to the gas company’s establishment in the District, and private consumers are not compelled to purchase gas. P. 454.
4 App.D.C. 301, 265 F. 451, affirmed.
Appeal from a decree of the Court of Appals of the District of Columbia which affirmed a decree of the Supreme Court of the District dismissing a bill brought by the present appellants for the purpose of setting aside as unconstitutional certain orders of the Public Utilities Commission permitting the appellee gas company to increase its rates to private consumers while leaving them unchanged as to the government and the District.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Hollis v. Kutz, 255 U.S. 452 (1921) in 255 U.S. 452 255 U.S. 453. Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4ZVTCXDY7LYJ7S8.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Hollis v. Kutz, 255 U.S. 452 (1921), in 255 U.S. 452, page 255 U.S. 453. Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4ZVTCXDY7LYJ7S8.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Hollis v. Kutz, 255 U.S. 452 (1921). cited in 1921, 255 U.S. 452, pp.255 U.S. 453. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4ZVTCXDY7LYJ7S8.
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