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

Decided May 20, 1976. Thomas Joseph Paolino wrote the opinion for the court.

358 A.2d 1 · Cited 52 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Rhode Island Consumers' Council v. Smith · 302 A.2d 757
• Rhode Island Consumers' Council v. Smith · 319 A.2d 643
• Northwestern Bell Telephone Company v. State · 216 N.W.2d 841
• Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission · 262 U.S. 679
• Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 284 U.S. 370
• Claridge Apartments Co. v. Commissioner · 323 U.S. 141
• Federal Power Commission v. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. · 371 U.S. 145
• United Transit Company v. Nunes · 209 A.2d 215
• Rhode Island Consumers' Council v. Smith · 322 A.2d 17
• In Re New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. · 305 A.2d 598
• Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 401 P.2d 353
• Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 24 N.W.2d 200
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 275 N.E.2d 493
• Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission · 370 Pa. 305
• General Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 67 N.W.2d 882
• Narragansett Electric Company v. Kennelly · 143 A.2d 709
• Latourneau v. Citizens Utilities Company · 209 A.2d 307
• Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 163 A.2d 762
• Mississippi Public Service Commission v. Home Telephone Co. · 110 So. 2d 618
• Town of Jamestown v. Kennelly · 100 A.2d 649
• Application of Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. · 98 N.W.2d 170
• Heatherton v. Heatherton · 290 A.2d 912
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Kennelly · 98 A.2d 835
• United Transit Co. v. Public Utility Hearing Board · 192 A.2d 423
• New England Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Public Utilities Commission · 341 A.2d 59

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• Michaelson v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 404 A.2d 799
• Narragansett Electric Co. v. Harsch · 368 A.2d 1194
• Narragansett Electric Co. v. Burke · 381 A.2d 1358
• Providence Gas Co. v. Burman · 376 A.2d 687
• Texas Ass'n of Long Distance Telephone Companies v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 798 S.W.2d 875
• Bristol and Warren Gas Co. v. Burke · 493 A.2d 834
• Narragansett Electric Co. v. Burke · 404 A.2d 821
• Bristol County Water Co. v. Harsch · 386 A.2d 1103
• Bristol County Water Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 363 A.2d 444
• Providence Water Supply Board v. Public Utilities Commission · 708 A.2d 537
• Providence Gas Co. v. Malachowski · 600 A.2d 711
• Valley Gas Co. v. Burke · 446 A.2d 1024
• In Re Island Hi-Speed Ferry, LLC. · 852 A.2d 524
• Russo v. Miller · 559 A.2d 354
• Connecticut Natural Gas Corp. v. Public Utilities Control Authority · 183 Conn. 128
• Boston Edison Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 375 N.E.2d 305
• Railroad Com'n of Texas v. Lone Star Gas Co. · 656 S.W.2d 421
• Elizabethtown Water Co. v. New Jersey Board of Public Utilities · 527 A.2d 354
• Legislative Utility Consumers' Council v. Public Service Co. · 119 N.H. 332
• Far North Sanitation, Inc. v. Alaska Public Utilities Commission · 825 P.2d 867
• Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. Public Utilities Control Authority. · 176 Conn. 191
• Providence Gas Co. v. Burke · 475 A.2d 193

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