Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 3, 1981PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The question presented concerns the limits of the power of administrative bodies to establish rules of general application in adjudicatory proceedings. Specifically, the contested proposition is whether the Department of Public Utilities (department) improperly dismissed as patently deficient a rate filing of the Massachusetts Electric Company (company) when the filing complied with all applicable statutes and regulations but contravened *676a policy expressed by the department in earlier cases. Although the company, by its counsel, has ably and vigorously presented its views, we find persuasive…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Cambridge Electric Light Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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