Fair return rule
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 223 U.S. 349 - Lincoln Gas Electric Light Company v. City of Lincoln · 1912Most cited · 94 citing opinions
rate regulation
That the company is entitled to a fair return upon the value of the property at the time of the inquiry is the rule.
How often courts cite the case defining “Fair return rule”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Fair return rule” — 94 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.