Legal Opinion

New York Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 10, 1984PublishedCited by 2 opinions

POINTS OF COUNSEL I. .Petitioner failed to demonstrate that the rates allowed in the proceeding under review were unjust or unreasonable. CMatter of St. Lawrence Gas Co. v Public Serv. Comm., 42 NY2d 461; Power Comm, v Hope Gas Co., 320 US 591; Matter of New York Tel. Co. v Public Serv. Comm., 64 AD2d 232, 46 NY2d 710; West Ohio Gas Co. v Commission [No. 1], 294 US 63; Matter of Long Is. Light. Co. v Maltbie, 249 App Div 918; Matter of City of New York v Public Serv.

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POINTS OF COUNSEL I. .Petitioner failed to demonstrate that the rates allowed in the proceeding under review were unjust or unreasonable. CMatter of St. Lawrence Gas Co. v Public Serv. Comm., 42 NY2d 461; Power Comm, v Hope Gas Co., 320 US 591; Matter of New York Tel. Co. v Public Serv. Comm., 64 AD2d 232, 46 NY2d 710; West Ohio Gas Co. v Commission [No. 1], 294 US 63; Matter of Long Is. Light. Co. v Maltbie, 249 App Div 918; Matter of City of New York v Public Serv. Comm., 17 AD2d 581, 13 NY2d 594; Banton v Belt Line Ry., 268 US 413.) II. The Commission’s disallowance of the revised operator…

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OP THE COURT

Meyer, J.

The determination of the Public Service Commission that because the New York Telephone Company had not used studies based on seven-calendar-day holding time in its rate request it could not use updated operator work time studies covering the five days of the business week is arbitrary because without rational basis. The order of the Appellate Division should, therefore, be affirmed, with costs.

New York Telephone Company (NYT) services customers who make both interstate and intrastate calls. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sets rates for interstate…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930
  3. Trump-Equitable Fifth Avenue Co. v. GliedmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. New York Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
  5. New York Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re Charles A. Field Delivery Service, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985

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