Legal Opinion

Rubin v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 16, 1962No. Appeal, No. 337PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

On March 31, 1961, Betty Rubin filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission alleging that respondent, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, refused to furnish telephone service to her at her residence, 153 West Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, and asking the commission to order restoration of such service. The telephone company filed an answer admitting its refusal to furnish service since, in view of the history of complainant and her husband, Maurice Rubin, showing arrests and convictions for bookmaking, it had reason to believe that the service…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. State v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1953
  2. Pennsylvania Publications, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  3. Pike v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  4. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. State ex rel. Hammond Elevator Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Matter of Leitner v. New York Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1938

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Palma v. PowersDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1969
  2. Lopez v. New Jersey Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
  3. Delaware Sports Service v. Diamond State Telephone Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1965
  4. In Re Delaware Sports ServiceSuperior Court of Delaware · 1963

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