Legal Opinion

General Motors Corp. v. Public Service Commission

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided May 13, 1991No. 1080, September Term, 1990PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILNER, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court for Harford County that affirmed two orders of the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC). It presents substantive and procedural questions of more than passing significance. The substantive questions have to do with the authority of the PSC to preclude local natural gas companies from passing on to their customers certain charges, known as take-or-pay charges, that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has allowed their suppliers to pass on to them. The major procedural question is whether the orders entered by…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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  3. Gardner v. Toilet Goods Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Delmarva Power & Light Co. v. Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
  4. Mid-Atlantic Power Supply Ass'n v. Maryland Public Service CommissionCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2002
  5. Hird v. City of SalisburyCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1998

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