PITTSBURGH v. PA. P.U.C.


174 Pa.Super. 4 (1953)

Pittsburgh, Appellant, v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

July 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne X. Alpern, City Solicitor, for City of Pittsburgh, appellant.

James L. Stern, Assistant City Solicitor, with him Abraham L. Freedman, City Solicitor, for City of Philadelphia, appellant.

Joseph R. Rose, with him M.H. Goldstein, for Pennsylvania C.I.O. Council, appellant.

William J. Grove, Assistant Counsel, with him Lloyd S. Benjamin, Counsel, for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, appellee.

Clarence W. Miles, with him William B. Rafferty and John B. King, for Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, intervening appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS and GUNTHER, JJ.


OPINION BY GUNTHER, J., July 14, 1953:

Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania (hereinafter called Bell) filed with the Public Utility Commission a proposed tariff for increased rates on January 7, 1952, expected to produce an increase in annual revenue of about $33,000,000. The rates were suspended by the Commission until December 7, 1952. After extended hearings the Commission issued an order December 1, 1952, authorizing rate increases totaling over $21,000,000...

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