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Public Water Supply v. City of Kearney

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a suit to determine who will supply water to certain property owners in Missouri, the appeal is to be dismissed where the case is not ripe.

City of New York v. Verizon, Inc

Government Law, Public Utilities
New York City Administrative Code section 24-521, which requires utility companies to relocate certain facilities when necessary to accommodate public...

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n v. City of Fresno

Government Law, Public Utilities, Tax Law
Defendant-City's assessment of a fee in lieu of property taxes upon its own utility departments violates the constitutional provisions adopted through...

US TELECOM ASS'N v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
An FCC order, which set forth the conditions under which wireline telecommunications carriers must transfer telephone numbers to wireless carriers, is...

TOWN OF BELLEAIR v. FLA. POWER CORP.

Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities, Tax Law
While negotiating a new franchise agreement, a local government may continue to impose a franchise fee on an electric utility by maintaining the...

ENTERGY SERV. INC. v. FERC

Public Utilities
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted within its authority when it ordered plaintiff to refund retail rates collected under a discriminatory...

S. E. FED. POWER CUSTOMERS, INC. v. HARVEY

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
Dismissal of defendants' challenge to the district court's approval of a settlement agreement, concerning the water rights associated with a dam, is...

BELLSOUTH TELECOMM. v. GEORGIA PUB. SERV. COMM'N

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Public Utilities
A judgment in favor of plaintiff, which reversed a rate-setting decision by defendant, is affirmed where the rates set by defendant were arbitrary and...

PUBLIC SERV. COMM'N OF KENTUCKY v. FERC

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a proceeding to set rates for the transmission of electricity, plaintiff's petition for review is granted where defendant-FERC failed to provide...

AZ CORP. COMM'N v. FERC

Administrative Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Defendant-FERC properly modified the terms, set in earlier settlements, under which plaintiff ships natural gas over the lines of El Paso Natural Gas...