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RHODE ISLAND CONSUMERS' COUNCIL v. SMITH

Nos. 1784-M.P., 1786-M.P.

302 A.2d 757 (1973)

RHODE ISLAND CONSUMERS' COUNCIL v. Archie SMITH et al. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 28, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberts & Willey Inc., Dennis J. Roberts, II, David W. Carroll, Providence, for Rhode Island Consumers' Council.

Tillinghast, Collins & Graham, Andrew A. DiPrete, Peter J. McGinn, Providence, Sullivan & Worcester, Robert G. Bleakney, Jr., Boston, Mass., for New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Kenneth F. MacIver, Jr., Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc., Providence, for Senior Citizens of Rhode Island Action Group.

Archie Smith, Public Utilities Commissioner, Providence, for respondents.

OPINION

JOSLIN, Justice.

This is a public utility rate case. On April 16, 1971, the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company ("the company"), under authority of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 39-3-11. as amended by P.L. 1969, ch. 240, sec. 5, filed with the Public Utilities Commission ("the commission") a tariff revision designed to add approximately $14,800,000 to its annual revenue. While the company had scheduled the new tariffs to take effect...

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