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Canyon Reg'l Water Auth. v. Guadalupe-Blanco Auth.

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a suit over an easement and the ability of petitioner-state water authority to condemn an easement for the construction and operation of a second...

Greenwood v. New Hampshire Pub. Util. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities, Remedies
In a case wherein the district court enjoined a state public utilities commission from enforcing an order purportedly issued under the Public Utility...

W. Area Power Admin. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
Petition for review of an FERC decision upholding the imposition of administrative fees by the California Independent Systems Operator, and...

Jericho Water Dist. v. One Call Users Council, Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
With respect to Gen. Bus. Law section 761, which requires apportioning the costs of the "one-call notification system" among the operators of...

Bay Area Cellular Tel. Co. v. City of Union City

Constitutional Law, Public Utilities, Tax Law
A fee imposed on telephone lines by a city to fund its 911 emergency communication is a "special tax" which must be approved by two-thirds of the...

San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Comm'n v. Superior Court (Pac. Gas & Elec. Co.)

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Public Utilities
In addressing whether a disappointed applicant to a local agency formation commission can take the depositions of the commissioners to learn what...

S. San Joaquin Irrigation Dist. v. Superior Court (Pac. Gas & Elec. Co.)

Administrative Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In a case wherein a district planned to add "retail electric service" to its existing services but unsuccessfully sought approval from a local agency...

Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
Consolidated petitions for review of two FERC orders related to the production costs of the five operating companies in the Entergy power system are...

Duncan's Point Lot Owners Ass'n Inc. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Petition for review of an FERC decision that the grant of an easement for a wastewater discharge pipe and permission to build a seawall violated the...

Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. US

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Remedies
In an action where Massachusetts sought to participate directly in a re-licensing proceeding of two nuclear energy plants as a party before the U.S....