Legal Opinion
Department of Public Utilities v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 1950PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus brought by the department in this court, purportedly under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 159, § 40, and the last sentence of c. 25, § 5, for the purpose of compelling the company as a common carrier as defined in c. 159, § 12 (d), to charge for telephone service the rates contained in schedules filed by the company with the department on March 31,1949, as modified by rate sheets filed May 13, 1949, and to refrain from charging, as it is now doing, the higher rates contained in schedules previously filed by it on April 21, 1948.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Banton v. Belt Line Railway Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Lowell Gas Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Allen v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- National Dock & Storage Warehouse Co. v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
3Cited by14 opinions
- City of Ft. Smith v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
- General Telephone Co. of the Northwest, Inc. v. Utilities & Transportation CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1985
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1952
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