Legal Opinion
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 26, 1982No. Appeals, Nos. 2426 C.D. 1980 and 2456 C.D. 1980PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company (P&LE) and the County of Fayette (Fayette) have separately appealed a Public Utility Commission (PUC) final order imposing certain bridge rehabilitation costs upon them. We affirm1 the PUC order in each case.
Layton Bridge, in Perry Township, Fayette County, carries State Highway Route 26191 over P&LE’s single track right-of-way and the Youghiogheny River, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) has maintained the bridge under legislative mandate2 and a 1969 PUC order. Because of the deterioration of the bridge’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bridgewater Borough v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Conshohocken Boro. v. Pa. P.U.C.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Scott Township v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Allegheny County Port Authority v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Commonwealth v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by6 opinions
- City of Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- Peoples Natural Gas Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- AT&T v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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