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MOONGATE WATER CO., INC. v. BUTTERFIELD PARK MUT. DOMESTIC WATER ASS'N

Attorney's Fees, Public Utilities
In a dispute between rival water providers, district court correctly extended 7 U.S.C. section 1926(b) protection, finding that one water company's...

HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASS'N v. CITY OF SALINAS

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
A storm drainage fee imposed by the city was a property-related fee requiring voter approval under Article XIIID of the California Constitution, and...

CONSOL. EDISON CO. OF NEW YORK, INC. v. ABRAHAM

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Because the Circuit Court's statutory jurisdiction over Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 and Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 cases is...

MARYLAND OFFICE OF PEOPLE'S COUNSEL v. US

Government Contracts, Public Utilities
Maryland Public Service Commission lacked standing to challenge the U.S. Army's alleged violation of procurement laws in its solicitation of bids for...

GULF STATES UTIL. CO. v. LOW

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Public Utilities
Court of appeals's deeming that a finding supported recovery under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), when the issue was not submitted to the...

VERIZON MARYLAND INC. v. PUB. UTIL. COMM'N OF MARYLAND

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities
Jurisdiction is found under 28 U.S.C. section 1331, for a local-exchange carrier's claim that a state public utility commission's order, requiring...

ARKANSAS ELEC. ENERGY CONSUMERS v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Public Utilities
The FERC did not unduly discriminate against electric operating companies with long-standing cost-sharing histories, when it approved a System...

PATEL v. S. CALIFORNIA WATER CO.

Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
Where two cell phone companies used water company's easement for non-water-related purposes on plaintiffs' land, companies acted as simple trespassers...

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law, Public Utilities
The FCC can require state utility commissions to set rates charged by incumbent telephone service carriers for leased elements on a forward-looking...

CANOVA v. SHELL PIPELINE CO.

Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In an action by an owner of Louisiana land, over which the U.S. acquired an easement for pipelines, seeking to enjoin commercial use by a company who...