Legal Opinion
Metropolitan District Commission v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 8, 1967PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpiegel, J.
These are four petitions brought under G. L. c. 25, § 5, to review certain orders and decisions of the Department of Public Utilities (department). The single justice reserved and reported these cases without decision. The cases involve rates charged by the electric companies to the Metropolitan District Commission (commission) for street lighting where the commission has furnished part of the equipment and the installation thereof which the electric companies normally furnish.
The Boston Edison Company Case.
On November 29, 1962, the commission informed the department by letter of suits it had…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Wellesley College v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- T. I. M. E. Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1946
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Commonwealth v. KleciakMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Lowell Gas Co. v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Roberts-Haverhill v. City Coun. of HaverhillMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1974
- DeCanio v. School Committee of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Medi-Cab of Massachusetts Bay, Inc. v. Rate Setting CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Cliff House Nursing Home, Inc. v. Rate Setting CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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