Legal Opinion
Peoples Natural Gas Co. v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 21, 1985No. C6-83-1684PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
Does the Public Utilities Commission have implied authority to order a public utility to refund charges collected under rates that the Commission had previously declared discriminatory? We hold it does not and reverse the contrary ruling of the Court of Appeals.
Appellant Peoples Natural Gas Company (hereinafter either Peoples or the utility) sells natural gas to customers in the southeastern, east central, and northwestern parts of this state, including five large taconite producers on the Iron Range. In 1976, respondent Erie Mining Company, one of the taconite producers,…
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- Waller v. Powers Department StoreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
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