Selchow v. Stymus

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “the Legislature has vested in the [PUC] exclusive authority over the complex and technical service and engineering questions arising in the location, construction and maintenance of all public utilities facilities”
• invalidating ordinance requiring utilities constructing pipelines in county to submit plans and specifications to the county planning commission before construction
• “[J]urisdiction in matters concerning the relationship between public utilities and the public is in the [Commission.]”
• regulation by a multitude of jurisdictions would result in “twisted and knotted” public utilities with consequent harm to general welfare
• “The county is merely a political subdivision of the Commonwealth; not a municipal corporation.”
• “The County is merely a political subdivision of the Commonwealth; not a municipal corporation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).