Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 17, 1963No. [No. 97, September Term, 1962.]PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland seeks to reverse the order of court which affirmed the determination of the Public Service Commission that (a) the fair value of the Company’s assets used and useful in rendering intrastate service to the public, as of December 31, 1960, was the value the Commission had determined in the previous rate case in 1958, plus net additions in the interval, and (b) the Company needed increases in rates calculated to produce an income of 6.3% of the amount of the rate base.
The Commission’s action gave the Company less income than it sought, but it…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. v. SlatteryIllinois Supreme Court · 1939
- Public Service Commission v. Indiana Bell Telephone Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1955
- Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1957
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Davenport Water Co. v. Iowa State Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
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