Legal Opinion
Cahill v. Public Service Commission
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 10, 1990PublishedCited by 14 opinions
POINTS OF COUNSEL
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
The policy of the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) authorizing utilities to pass along to ratepayers part of the cost of corporate charitable contributions is challenged on First Amendment grounds under the United States Constitution. We agree with the result in the lower courts on the merits declaring the policy unconstitutional. The order of the Appellate Division should thus be affirmed. This court also previously affirmed, at the threshold pleadings level, the determination that the PSC policy constituted State action (Matter of Cahill v Public…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Wooley v. MaynardSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Abood v. Detroit Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Gasparo v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1998
- Carroll v. BlinkenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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