Legal Opinion
Northern Pennsylvania Power Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 6, 1938No. Appeals, 22 and 23PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bt
Me. Justice Schaffee,
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission refused to allow the Northern Pennsylvania Power Company to sell its franchise and all the property owned by it to Metropolitan Edison Company and thereby to bring about a merger of the former with the latter. The Superior Court approved the action of the Commission (132 Pa. Superior Ct. 178) and from its order we allowed the two companies to appeal.
Four questions are posed to us by appellants, only two of which require extensive treatment at our hands.(1) It is alleged that section 202(e) of the Public Utility Law of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Coplay Cement Manufacturing Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
- Northern Pennsylvania Power Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
3Cited by29 opinions
- In Re GrossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Bell Tel. Co. of Pa. v. DriscollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- York v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Pennsylvania Water & Power Co. v. Consolidated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. Of Baltimore (Public Service Commission of Maryland, Intervener)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Metropolitan Edison Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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