Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania Cable Television Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 6, 1982No. Appeals, Nos. 1334 C.D. 1981 and 1433 C.D. 1981PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, respondent, and intervenors1 have filed motions to quash the appeal2 of Pennsylvania Cable Television *190Association and other petitioners.3 The motion is granted.

This action was brought within our appellate jurisdiction,4 42 Pa., C. S. §763. Thus, the threshold question presented to this Court is whether there is a final appealable adjudication or whether the instant appeal is from an interlocutory, unappealable order.

In 1978, Congress enacted legislation5 granting the Federal Communications Commission power to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. T. C. R. Realty, Inc. v. CoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Reed v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Helicon Corp. v. Borough of BrownsvilleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Pennsylvania Cable Television Ass'n. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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