Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 10, 1986No. 85-1662PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
This is the first telephone rate case to reach this court since the breakup of the Bell System on January 1, 1984. On that date the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (C & P), which had formerly been a subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT & T), became a subsidiary of Bell Atlantic Corporation (Bell Atlantic). This case requires us to examine some of the effects of that change on the rates paid by District of Columbia subscribers for their telephone service.
On August 24, 1984, C & P filed an application with the Public Service Commission…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Greater Boston Television Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D. C. Transit System, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Western Elec. Co., Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
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