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PALADIN ASSOCS., INC. v. MONTANA POWER CO.

Contracts, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Five-year assignments of natural gas transportation rights were not unreasonable agreements under section 1 of the Sherman Act, and plaintiff failed...

SANGHVI v. CITY OF CLAREMONT

Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
No Fair Housing Act violation was shown through a city's requiring annexation of residential care facility property in exchange for sewer service. The...

HEYDON v. MEDIAONE OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, INC.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
The Cable Communications Policy Act did not provide a private cause of action to plaintiffs, in an action challenging defendant's ability to enter...

HILLSBORO PROPS. v. PUB. UTILS. EXCH. COMM'N

Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Public Utilities Commission 1) exercised proper authority in ordering a mobilehome park owner to re-calculate net operating income to exclude certain...

PAC. GAS & ELEC. CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Contracts, Government Contracts, Public Utilities
Energy agreements between petitioner and a federal hydroelectric project operator precluded petitioner from changing energy rates, but the...

CHIPPEWA & FLAMBEAU IMPROVEMENT CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Construction, Public Utilities, Water Law
The FERC properly determined that a reservoir was "necessary or appropriate" to a project, and that projects downstream constituted a complete unit of...

ATL. STATES LEGAL FOUND., INC. v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Challenges to EPA regulations allowing certain electric, telephone, and natural gas facilities to accumulate hazardous waste without a permit are not...

BOWERS v. CITY OF FLINT

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
A procedural due process suit by users of a city water and sewer system was not ripe where they failed to avail themselves of procedures in place for...

AT&T CORP. V. FED.L COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law, Public Utilities
The FCC's requirement, that telecommunications carriers guarantee that the actual line subscriber has authorized a service charge order, exceeds the...

PAC. BELL v. PAC-WEST TELECOMM, INC.

Communications Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Public Utilities
California Public Utilities Commission orders, requiring that reciprocal compensation provisions in an interconnection agreement apply to calls made...