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CON ED v. PUB. SERV. COMM.

47 N.Y.2d 94 (1979)

In the Matter of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Appellant, v. Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Respondent. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Appellant, v. Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Respondent. In the Matter of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Appellant, v. Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Block and Peter Garam for appellant in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.

Howard J. Read and Peter H. Schiff for respondent in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.

Telford Taylor, Walter A. Bossert, Jr., and Davison W. Grant for appellant in the third above-entitled proceeding.

Howard J. Read and Peter H. Schiff for respondent in the third above-entitled proceeding.

Ronald D. Jones, Andrew Gansberg and Howard S. Ockman for Edison Electric Institute and others, amici curiae.

Kristin Booth Glen for Scientists' Institute for Public Information and others, amici curiae.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur with Chief Judge COOKE.

Chief Judge COOKE.

We determine here whether the Public Service Commission exceeded its statutory authority or impinged upon First Amendment rights by restricting certain advertising and promotional practices of public utilities. For the reasons outlined, we hold that the Public Service Commission was within its authority in imposing the restrictions, and that petitioners' expressional rights were not unconstitutionally...

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