Lowell Gas Co. v. Department of Public Utilities

Decided March 11, 1949. Raymond Sanger Wilkins wrote the opinion for the court.

324 Mass. 80 · Cited 58 times

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• Prendergast v. New York Telephone Co. · 262 U.S. 43
• Galveston Electric Co. v. City of Galveston · 258 U.S. 388
• Phillips v. Commissioner · 283 U.S. 589
• Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co. · 211 U.S. 210
• Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission · 262 U.S. 679
• Tagg Bros. & Moorhead v. United States · 280 U.S. 420
• Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. · 282 U.S. 133
• Market Street Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of California · 324 U.S. 548
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Garrett · 231 U.S. 298
• Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. New York Telephone Co. · 271 U.S. 23
• Oklahoma Operating Co. v. Love · 252 U.S. 331
• Minot v. Minot · 319 Mass. 253
• Pearson v. Mulloney · 289 Mass. 508
• Missouri v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad · 241 U.S. 533
• Carleton & Hovey Co. v. Burns · 285 Mass. 479
• Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. v. Gove · 298 Mass. 53
• San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Co. v. County of Stanislaus · 233 U.S. 454
• Staten Island Edison Corp. v. Maltbie · 73 N.E.2d 705
• Bleck v. East Boston Co. · 302 Mass. 127
• Sprague v. Rust Master Chemical Corp. · 320 Mass. 668
• Zytka v. Dmochowski · 302 Mass. 63
• Gadreault v. Hillman · 317 Mass. 656
• Leventhal v. Jennings · 311 Mass. 622
• Weltshe v. Graf · 323 Mass. 498
• Lowell Gas Light Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 319 Mass. 46

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• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 97 N.E.2d 509
• Boston Consolidated Gas Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 97 N.E.2d 521
• Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Jones · 267 P.2d 634
• Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 42 So. 2d 655
• United Transit Company v. Nunes · 209 A.2d 215
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 121 N.E.2d 896
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Commissioner of Insurance · 263 N.E.2d 698
• Boston Real Estate Board v. Department of Public Utilities · 136 N.E.2d 243
• Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 467 Mass. 768
• Joy v. Winstead · 215 P.2d 291
• Corporation Commission v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 502 P.2d 401
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Public Utilities Commission · 329 A.2d 792
• Pinnick v. Cleary · 271 N.E.2d 592
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 275 N.E.2d 493
• Milligan v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy · 204 N.E.2d 504
• Gildea v. Ellershaw · 298 N.E.2d 847
• City of Boston v. Keene Corp. · 547 N.E.2d 328
• Boston Gas Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 324 N.E.2d 372
• City of Newton v. Department of Public Utilities · 160 N.E.2d 108
• Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 201 Md. 170
• G & M Employment Service, Inc. v. Commonwealth · 265 N.E.2d 476
• Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance v. Commissioner of Insurance · 107 N.E.2d 807
• Sheppard Envelope Co. v. Arcade Malleable Iron Co. · 138 N.E.2d 777
• Boston Gas Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 269 N.E.2d 248
• Zussman v. Rent Control Board of Brookline · 359 N.E.2d 29

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