Legal Opinion
Western Pennsylvania Water Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 28, 1977No. 7PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
In this appeal we are again asked by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to establish the proposition that the Commission has been statutorily empowered to order a public utility to extend its service to customers located outside of its certificated service area. In an earlier litigation, the Commonwealth Court held the Commission powerless so to order. Akron v. Pa. P.U.C., 2 Pa.Cmwlth. 625 (1971). This Court vacated the order of the Commonwealth Court in that case, but for a procedural reason which did not reach the merits of the Commission’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Calabrese v. Collier Township Municipal AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Community College v. FoxCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Drexelbrook Associates v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Akron Borough v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Small v. HornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Vann v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare v. EisenbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Salamak v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Van Doren v. MazurkiewiczCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
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