Legal Opinion
Matter of Slaughter Beach Water Co.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided March 24, 1981PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HORSEY, Justice:
Intervenor, the Town of Slaughter Beach (the Town), appeals Superior Court’s af-firmance of the Public Service Commission’s (Commission) award of a rate increase to Slaughter Beach Water Company (water company), a public utility privately owned and operated by Frank and Marilyn Draper.
Reversal is sought on two grounds: (1) that the Town, not the Commission, has jurisdiction over the water company; and (2) that the Commission’s findings are not supported by substantial evidence and are arbitrary and capricious.
The Town’s jurisdictional claim is based upon the Town’s 1931…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- City of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Application of Wilmington Suburban Water Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1965
- In Re the Application of Diamond State Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1955
- Abrahams v. Superior CourtSupreme Court of Delaware · 1957
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Public Service Commission v. Wilmington Suburban Water Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1983
- Fraternal Order of Police, Delaware-Wilmington Lodge No. 1 v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Delaware · 1981
- United Water Delaware, Inc. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Delaware · 1999
- Application of Delmarva Power & Light Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1984