Legal Opinion
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 24, 1976PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERNICK, Justice.
On October 25, 1974 New England Telephone & Telegraph Company (“New England”) filed a petition for “interim” rate relief with the Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”). On March 11, 1975 the Commission denied the petition. New England then, on April 7, 1975, initiated the instant proceedings for judicial review by invoking this Court’s “appeal” jurisdiction under 35 M.R.S.A. §§ 303 (“Section 303 appeal”) and its additional “complaint” (in equity) jurisdiction under Section 305 (“Section 305 complaint.”)
We dismiss New England’s “Section 303 appeal” for mootness. We deny…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- LaFleur Ex Rel. Anderson v. FrostSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1951
- Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1960
- Cohen v. KetchumSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
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3Cited by21 opinions
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Mechanic Falls Water Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
- Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Friends of the Earth v. Public Service CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
- Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
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