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OMNIPOINT COMMUNICATIONS ENTERS., L.P. v. ZONING HEARING BD. OF EASTTOWN TOWNSHIP

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
The proper test for determining whether a gap exists, in the ability of remote users to access the national telecommunications network under the...

GOLDEN SPREAD ELEC. COOP., INC. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
The FERC did not adequately explain its reasons for rejecting petitioner's protest to a tariff, where petitioner contended that a power company's...

CROW POINT I, LLC v. INTERMOUNTAIN RURAL ELEC. ASS'N

Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Dismissal of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, arising from a town's approval of a plan to construct an electrical transmission line through plaintiff's...

PUB. SERV. CO. OF OKLAHOMA v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities
An NLRB order requiring a public utility company to bargain collectively and in good faith with a union is affirmed, as the company (and not the...

KENTUCKIANS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH, INC. v. RIVENBURGH

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not prevented under the Clean Water Act (CWA) from issuing permits for valley fills in connection with mountaintop...

THE DESTEK GROUP, INC. v. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PUB. UTILS. COMM'N

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
A state public utilities commission never made a "determination," for purposes of section 252(e)(6) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, thus no...

MICHIGAN DEP'T OF ENVTL. QUALITY v. US ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
The Environmental Appeals Board did not abuse its discretion in finding that a Michigan state agency did not sufficiently identify its objections to...

BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVS., INC.

Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
The Georgia State Public Commission had no statutory authority to interpret interconnection agreements between telecommunications carriers, which were...

TOWER ACTION HOLDINGS, LLC v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY WATERWORKS DIST. NO. 37

Contracts, Evidence, Government Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
The Public Contract Code prescribed the terms of repayment of the funds used to build a water system. Evidence related to parties' attempts to reach a...

DUKE ENERGY TRADING & MKTG., L.L.C. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
FERC acted reasonably in accepting a tariff filing allowing a gas pipeline operator to eliminate its queue system for allocating interruptible...