Legal Opinion
Secretary of Defense v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 11, 1976No. Record 751186PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
In this appeal of right we consider a challenge by the Department of Defense (DOD) to an order of the State Corporation Commission (SCC) which authorized the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia (C & P) to increase the rates charged for the Voice Command Network System (VCNS), a special service developed by C & P for DOD.
On January 9, 1974, the SCC approved rates for C & P designed to enable it to earn an overall rate of return of 8.65 percent on its Virginia jurisdictional rate base. * On January 27, 1975, when C & P filed its financial data for 1974 and its projected…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- City of Norfolk v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1951
- Board of Supervisors v. Commonwealth ex rel. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- Howell v. Chesapeake & Potomac Tel. Co. of Va.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1975
- Apartment House Council of Metropolitan Washington, Inc. v. Potomac Electric Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1974
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