Legal Opinion
Michaelson v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 29, 1979No. 77-306-M.P., 77-307-M.PPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelleher, J.
On November 5, 1976, the England Telephone and Telegraph Company (the company or New England) filed with the Public Utilities Commission (the commission) a revised schedule of tariffs designed to increase the company’s annual revenues from its intrastate operations by approximately $25 million. The commission, pursuant to its authority under G.L. 1956 (1977 Reenactment) §39-3-11, suspended the proposed effective date of the tariffs by separate orders dated November 11, 1976, and June 3, 1977, so that it might conduct investigations and public hearings with respect to the propriety of the…
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