Legal Opinion
Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. v. Council on Water Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 19, 1978No. Civ. B-75-212PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ZAMPANO, District Judge:
This action challenges the constitutionality of certain statutes and regulations affecting public utility companies which were enacted by the State of Connecticut during the last five years. The claim is made that these enactments have substantially impaired, if not destroyed, the effective management of these companies and have usurped their property for the general public benefit without just compensation, in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution.
The plaintiffs are five private, investor-owned…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by12 opinions
- National Wood Preservers, Inc. v. Commonwealth Department of Environmental ResourcesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Comm. Ex Rel. State Water Control Board v. County Utilities Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1982
- Gulf Water Benefaction Company, Peoples National Utility Company v. The Public Utility Commission of Texas and the State of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- City of Cleveland v. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1981
- Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. HeintzCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
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