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PG&E GAS TRANSMISSION v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
FERC failed to adequately address relevant Commission precedent and thus acted arbitrarily in denying a gas pipeline operator's tariff filing, in...

SPRINT CORP. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Public Utilities
The FCC failed to provide adequate notice and opportunity to comment prior to promulgating a rule governing the means by which payphone service...

FLORIDA MUN. POWER AGENCY v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Public Utilities
FERC decisions, rejecting a utility transmission customer's request for pricing credits, were supported by substantial evidence and were neither...

CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO. OF NEW YORK, INC. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
The FERC did not act unlawfully in applying its 1995 Policy Statement in resolving a gas pipeline operator's proposal to implement rolled-in rates,...

EXXON MOBIL CORP. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Because the FERC failed to reconcile its decision to reject a gas pipeline operator's firm transportation proposals with an earlier opinion on a...

MAGAN v. COUNTY OF KINGS

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
A county ordinance regulating (and ultimately phasing out) land application of sewage sludge was categorically exempt from review under the California...

ENVTL. DEF. CTR., INC. v. US ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
An EPA rule issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act, to control pollutants introduced into the nation's waters by storm sewers, is affirmed on all...

PEOPLE v. DUQUE

Public Utilities, Securities Law, Government Law
A Public Utilities commissioner who violates Public Utilities Code section 303(a), by voluntarily owning stock in a corporation regulated by the...

S. CO. SERVS., INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Public Utilities
FCC orders, announcing regulations and procedures designed to assure that telecommunications providers can obtain cable or wire attachment space at...

ALABAMA MUNICIPAL DISTRIBUTORS GROUP v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Petitions challenging FERC's grant of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, for construction and operation of pipeline facilities, are...