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UNION PAC. R.R. CO. v. CALIFORNIA PUB. UTIL. COMM'N

Public Utilities, Transportation
California's regulations governing railroad track strength are preempted by the Federal Railroad Safety Act, but state regulations governing...

E. TEXAS ELEC. COOP., INC. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
In challenges to FERC orders accepting a power pool's procedure for allocating network transmission revenue among member facilities, FERC properly...

SINGLE MOMS, INC. v. MONTANA POWER CO.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Public Utilities
An electric and gas utility company's lobbying efforts, to influence lawmakers in deregulation of state energy markets, were not "state action"...

CITY OF TACOMA v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
FERC's method of assessing annual charges imposed on petitioner hydroelectric utilities, based on other federal agencies' Federal Power Act costs,...

AMEREN SERVS. CO. v. FERC

Administrative Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
FERC correctly interpreted a settlement agreement between plaintiff and a municipal utilities company unambiguously prohibits plaintiff from adjusting...

ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC. v. LOUISIANA PUB. SERV. COMM'N

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities
A Louisiana Public Service Commission order impermissibly "traps" costs that have been allocated in a FERC tariff, thus the order is subject to...

ALLIANT ENERGY CORP. v. BIE

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Public Utilities
In constitutional challenges to statutes regulating public utilities and public utility holding companies in Wisconsin, 1) an in-state incorporation...

N.P., INC. v. TURBOFF

Construction, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
A purchaser of property had a contract right to receive payment from a utility company in exchange for transfer of title to the facilities, and was...

MICHIGAN BELL TEL. CO. v. MFS INTELENET OF MICHIGAN, INC.

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
A state administrative ruling requiring an incumbent local exchange carrier to provide reciprocal compensation to competing carriers did not violate...

STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
In challenges to FERC approval of a corporate reorganization of a utility company's subsidiaries, 1) Federal Register notice adequately notified the...