Legal Opinion
Joseph Horne Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 19, 1984No. 34 W.D. Appeal Docket 1984PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
Joseph Horne Company (Horne), a ratepayer of the Duquesne Light Company (Duquesne) appeals by allowance a Commonwealth Court order affirming an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) which granted Duquesne a rate increase of $64 million. At issue is the “option order procedure” used by the PUC to grant this increase pending final action on a request for general rate increase. Horne contends that this procedure is violative of both the Public Utility Code (Code), 66 Pa.C.S. §§ 101-3315, and the due process clause of the United States…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Baker v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Joseph Horne Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Masthope Rapids Property Owners Council v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Duquesne Light Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Schellhammer v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Barasch v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
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