Legal Opinion

Commonwealth Electric Co. v. Department of Public Utilities

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 22, 1986Published

1Opinion of the Court

397 Mass. 361 (1986)

491 N.E.2d 1035

COMMONWEALTH ELECTRIC COMPANY

vs.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 10, 1985.

April 22, 1986.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

Sander A. Rikleen (Eric J. Krathwohl with him) for the plaintiff.

Thomas A. Barnico, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Paul K. Connolly, Jr., Adrienne M. Markham & John F. Finston, for Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Thomas G. Robinson for Massachusetts Electric Company, amicus curiae, submitted a…

2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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