Philadelphia Suburban Water Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

This litigation is the latest episode in a long standing controversy between Philadelphia Suburban Water Company and Dublin Water Company over rights to provide water service in Upper Dublin Township.1 Philadelphia Suburban Water Company [hereinafter Suburban] is a large, long established public utility through whose facilities water service is provided to roughly 200,000 customers in a 300 square mile area on the periphery of the City of Philadelphia. By virtue of “grandfather” rights acquired prior to formation of the Public Utility and Public Service…