Legal Opinion
Bronson v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 30, 1972No. 72 Civ. 3087PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TYLER District Judge.
Mrs. Bronson, as a consumer of electricity supplied by Consolidated Edison (“Con Ed”) and a “victim” of its termination or “electricity cut-off” procedures, challenges the latter as violative of the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. Specifically, she assails the lack of any mandate, either statutory or regulatory, that a hearing prior to electricity shut-off be held in which the consumer would be afforded opportunity to rebut the company’s claims before actually being left in the dark. She has moved for summary judgment pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 56, and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Bell v. BursonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Morris A. Palmer, and Alice Taylor, Intervening v. Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Paulina Perez v. Jule M. Sugarman, and New York Foundling Hospital and St. Joseph's Home of PeekskillCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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