Legal Opinion
POLAND TELEPHONE CO. v. Pine Tree Tel. & Tel. Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 5, 1966PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.
The Pine Tree Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pine Tree) appeals from the denial by the Public Utilities Commission of its request for an order that Poland Telephone Company (Poland) cease and desist from providing telephone service in a certain area (the disputed area) in Gray. The Commission in its decree said: “* * * we find that the Commission has no statutory authority to issue any order to any utility created by private and special act of the legislature and issued a franchise thereunder, to cease and desist from providing a service so authorized within its…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Auburn Water District v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1960
- Twin Village Water Co. v. Damariscotta Gas Light Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1903
- Crawford Electric Co. v. Knox County Power Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1913
- East Boothbay Water District v. InhabitantsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1962
- Haines ex rel. Readfield Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. CrosbySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1900
3Cited by7 opinions
- Standish Telephone Co. v. Saco River Telegraph & Telephone Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
- Beckett v. RoderickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
- Town of Madison, Department of Electric Works v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- Biddeford and Saco Gas Co. v. Portland Gas Light Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Standish Telephone Co. v. Saco River Telegraph & Telephone Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
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