Legal Opinion

New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Utilities

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 11, 1971PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.

This is an appeal by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (Company) from the final decision, orders and rulings of the Department of Public Utilities (Department) entered on June 10, 1970, in disposing of proposed tariff revisions filed by the Company on July 15, 1969. The appeal was filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk (county court) under G. L. c. 25, § 5, as amended through St. 1956, c. 190. Because of the length of this opinion, a table of contents is appended hereto.

History op Proceedings.

The last general rate increases requested by the Company took…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  3. State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  4. Lindheimer v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
  5. West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1935

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3Cited by67 opinions

  1. DiGesse v. Columbia Pontiac Co. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Illinois Commerce CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Public Service Commission v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
  4. Rhode Island Consumers' Council v. SmithSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1973
  5. Boston Edison Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978

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