Legal Opinion

Maine Water Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided October 2, 1984PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

On April 22, 1983, Maine Water Company, pursuant to 35 M.R.S.A. § 64 (1978), filed requests with the Public Utilities Commission to increase rates in its five separate divisions serving the communities of Wiscasset, Damariscotta-Newcastle, Free-port, Kezar Falls, and Oakland. 1 The requested rate increases varied from 10.4% in Damariscotta-Newcastle to 33.0% in Wis-casset. In its January 23, 1984, decision in the consolidated cases, the Commission denied the Company any overall rate increase, solely for the reason of the gain realized by the Company on the earlier…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  4. Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D. C. Transit System, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. Department of Public Utility ControlSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
  2. PNM Gas Services v. New Mexico Public Utility CommissionNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'nCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1997
  4. 26 soc.sec.rep.ser. 284, Medicare&medicaid Gu 37,957 Hoodkroft Convalescent Center, Inc. v. State of New Hampshire, Division of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  5. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Service CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1988

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