American Radio-Telephone Service, Inc. v. Public Service Commission

It was the Bard of Avon who first suggested, “It is a wise father that knows his own child.” 1 In this case, the Public Service Commission of Maryland has had greater difficulty in determining the lineage of a “grandfather.”

This appeal was noted by American Radio-Telephone Service, Inc. (American) from an order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County affirming a decision of the Public Service Commission of Maryland (the “Commission”), granting certain “grandfather” operating rights in the mobile radio communications business to Radio Communications, Inc. (“RCI”), a radio common…