Legal Opinion
Vermont Department of Public Service v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided September 27, 1988No. 86-555PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, C.J.
In 1979, four Vermont municipalities and two electric cooperatives contracted with the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) for shares of the power generating potential of its Project No. 6. This project consisted of a 6.001 percent ownership interest in two nuclear power plants to be built in Seabrook, New Hampshire. In 1985, the Vermont Department of Public Service (Department) filed a complaint in Washington Superior Court, alleging that the Vermont utilities had violated statutory and common law in executing the contracts with MMWEC. The superior court granted…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Pierce Oil Corp. v. City of HopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Chemical Bank v. Washington Public Power Supply SystemWashington Supreme Court · 1983
- California Pacific Bank, a California Banking Corporation v. Small Business Administration, an Agency of the United States GovernmentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Wabash Railroad v. DefianceSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co. v. Town of DanversMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
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- Barnhart v. City of Fayetteville, Ark.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- Larkin v. City of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2001
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