Legal Opinion
Stoddard v. Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 15, 1941PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThaxter, J.
The plaintiff brings this bill in equity to enjoin the enforcement of a rule of the Public Utilities Commission known as Regulation 1K. The case is before us on report on bill, answer, replication and agreed statement.
The plaintiff is a contract carrier who has been doing a trucking business in the state since 1929. In 1933 the legislature took the first step to bring this class of corporations under the control of the Public Utilities Commission. Public Laws 1933, Chap. 259. Under the provisions of Sec 5A of this act, all such carriers were required to obtain a permit to operate within the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chapman v. City of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1932
- S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Central RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1926
- Inhabitants of Phillips v. County CommissionersSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1891
- Miller v. WisemanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1925
3Cited by18 opinions
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- King Resources Co. v. Environmental Improvement CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
- Citizens Gas and Coke Utility v. SloanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1964
- Thomas v. RambergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- Fisher v. DameSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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