Browning-Ferris Industries of New Hampshire, Inc. v. State

The key issue in this case on appeal from the public utilities commission (RSA ch. 541) is whether the plaintiff was denied due process of law when it was refused a permit to haul rubbish as a contract carrier throughout the town of Hooksett.

Earl’s Rubbish Disposal, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Browning-Ferris Industries, was denied a permit to transport rubbish in the town of Hooksett, with the exception of the rubbish of a college located on the Manchester-Hooksett line which had been a previous customer. Plaintiff was authorized to operate in Manchester as a common carrier. In…