Legal Opinion
Holyoke Water Power Co. v. City of Holyoke
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 25, 1965PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
The plaintiff (the company) brings this bill for declaratory relief against the city and against the city’s gas and electric commission (see St. 1922, c. 173). A plea in bar was sustained on the grounds stated in the margin. By final decree the bill was dismissed. The company appealed. The facts are stated as alleged in the bill.
The city ‘ ‘ owns and operates its own gas and electric department . . . and is actively engaged in the manufacture and sale of electricity” in Holyoke. The company is “also actively engaged in the manufacture and sale of electricity” in Holyoke, in competition with…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. Loew's Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Adie v. Mayor of HolyokeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Board of Assessors of Holyoke v. State Tax CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Bertone v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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