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CO Office of Consumer Counsel v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
Petition for review of a series of new FERC rules affecting all existing and future market-based tariffs approved by the Commission is denied where no...

E. Kentucky Power Coop., Inc. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
Petition for review by customers of a public utility challenging respondnet's decision approving new charges for electricity service is denied over...

Harrisonville Telephone Co. v. Illinois Commerce Comm'n

Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an action to determine what the Illinois General Assembly meant when it ordered the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to establish a "universal...

California Dep't of Water Res. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
State agency's petition for review of an FERC order allowing state utility-PG&E to include certain charges in its tariff for use of its power...

Big Sky Excavating, Inc. v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In an class action challenging legislation that provided for the deregulation of telecommunication services as being unconstitutional special...

WWC Holding Co., Inc. v. Sopkin

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
The Telecommunications Act does not prevent a state's Public Utilities Commission from exercising its express statutory authority under Section 214(e)...

Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc. v. City of New York

Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Tax Law
In tax certiorari proceeding, functional obsolescence due to excess construction costs was appropriately considered in fixing the value of certain...

In re Southwestern Bell Tel. Co., L.P.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
The Public Utility Commission (PUC) has primary jurisdiction to resolve threshold questions about the meaning and effect of certain telephone...

Citizens Advocating Responsible Envtl. Solutions, Inc. v. City of Marco Island

Construction, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
A judgment validating two bond issuances proposed by a city to finance the expansion of the City's wastewater collection and treatment system is...

Gilliam v. Nevada Power Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, M&A, Public Utilities, Tax Law
In an ERISA suit challenging defendant-plan administrator's denial of plaintiff's retirement benefits, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed...