New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Decided July 6, 1982. Edward S. Godfrey wrote the opinion for the court.

448 A.2d 272 · Cited 63 times

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• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136
• Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 136 A.2d 726
• Morgan v. United States · 298 U.S. 468
• Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 382 A.2d 302
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 94 A.2d 801
• Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 163 A.2d 762
• Mars Hill & Blaine Water Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 397 A.2d 570
• United States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc. · 272 U.S. 1
• Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. · 282 U.S. 133
• Commissioner v. Portland Cement Co. of Utah · 450 U.S. 156
• Mechanic Falls Water Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 381 A.2d 1080
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 354 N.E.2d 860
• Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 405 A.2d 153
• Maine Water Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 388 A.2d 493
• Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 433 A.2d 331
• Camden & Rockland Water Co. v. Maine Public Utilities Commission · 432 A.2d 1284
• Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 416 A.2d 1240
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 97 N.E.2d 509
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. State · 113 N.H. 92
• Lewiston, Greene & Monmouth Telephone Co. v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 299 A.2d 895
• City of Calais v. CALAIS WATER & POWER COMPANY · 174 A.2d 36
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 390 A.2d 8
• Gashgai v. Board of Registration in Medicine · 390 A.2d 1080
• State v. Boyajian · 344 A.2d 410
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 376 A.2d 448

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• Pine Tree Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 631 A.2d 57
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 470 A.2d 772
• Public Advocate v. Public Utilities Commission · 655 A.2d 1251
• Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 455 A.2d 34
• Application of Hawaiian Telephone Co. · 689 P.2d 741
• Millinocket Water Co. v. Maine Public Utilities Commission · 515 A.2d 749
• American Ass'n of Retired Persons v. Public Utilities Commission · 678 A.2d 1025
• Industrial Energy Consumer Group v. Public Utilities Commission · 2001 ME 94
• City of Portland v. Public Utilities Commission · 656 A.2d 1217
• Springfield Terminal Railway Co. v. Department of Transportation · 754 A.2d 353
• Maine Water Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 482 A.2d 443
• Pine Tree Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 634 A.2d 1302
• Maine AFL-CIO v. Superintendent of Insurance · 1998 ME 257
• Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 589 A.2d 38
• State Ex Rel. Associated Natural Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission · 706 S.W.2d 870
• Northeast Occupational Exchange, Inc. v. Bureau of Rehabilitation · 473 A.2d 406
• MAINE AFL-CIO v. Superintendent of Ins. · 595 A.2d 424
• Bell Telephone Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission · 83 Pa. Commw. 331
• State Ex Rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 645 S.W.2d 44
• Public Service Commission v. Continental Telephone Co. · 692 S.W.2d 794
• Green v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services · 2001 ME 86
• Gomes v. University of Maine System · 365 F. Supp. 2d 6
• General Telephone Co. v. Idaho Public Utilities Commission · 712 P.2d 643
• Maine Public Service Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 524 A.2d 1222
• Entergy Gulf States v. LPSC · 730 So. 2d 890

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