Legal Opinion

Potomac Electric Power Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Intervenor

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 31, 1983No. 81-2375PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Potomac Electric Power Company (PEP-CO) seeks review of an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission (Commission) reopening a proceeding initiated in 1974 by appellant PEPCO to protest rates charged by intervenor-respondent Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) for hauling coal to three of PEPCO’s generating plants. We find that, in the context of this case, the Commission has unreasonably delayed disposition of PEPCO’s complaint and invoke the power granted this court in 5 U.S.C. § 706(1) (1976) to order the Commission to proceed expeditiously to a final resolution of…

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Land v. DollarSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966

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3Cited by68 opinions

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  4. Texaco Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Department of Consumer AffairsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
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