Legal Opinion
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 14, 1976PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBbaucher, J.
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (Company) asserts that the Department of Public Utilities (Department), in regulating its rates, has not taken adequate account of the impact of inflation. In 1974 the Company sought increased annual revenues of $200 million; late in 1975 the Department allowed increases designed to produce $93 million. After argument of this appeal in May, 1976, pending our decision and subject to refund, we granted a stay permitting further increases, designed to produce $60 million. We now hold that the Department’s orders are confiscatory, and order the case…
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