Legal Opinion
Application of Lincoln Elec. System
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided November 7, 1980No. 43125PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Caporale, District Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the Nebraska Power Review Board (Board) granting an application of the Lincoln Electric System (LES). We affirm.
The appeal asks, as a question of first impression, whether the authority of the Board to find that construction of a transmission line will serve the public convenience and necessity carries with it the power to select the particular route the line must follow. Stated another way, the question is whether the utility which must build the line has the power to select the route, or whether the Board has that power. We hold…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Myers v. Blair Telephone Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1975
- City of Auburn v. Eastern Nebraska Public Power DistrictNebraska Supreme Court · 1965
- Application of Skeedee Independent Telephone Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1958
- Nebraska Public Power District v. HuebnerNebraska Supreme Court · 1979
- Groenewold v. Buildings Movers, Inc.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Cornhusker Christian Children's Home, Inc. v. Department of Social ServicesNebraska Supreme Court · 1987
- In Re the Application of Nebraska Public Power District for a Certificate of Corridor Compatibility for a 500 Kv AC Electric Transmission Facility Extending From the Canadian Border Near Cavalier, North Dakota to the South Dakota Border Near Forman, North DakotaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
- Wood v. TeschNebraska Supreme Court · 1986
- Federal Land Bank v. Midwest Electric Membership Corp.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1986
- Nebraska Public Power District v. Nebraska Safe Energy Alternatives, Inc.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1983
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