CHALFIN, J., July 14, 1977.
This action in equity raises the novel and important questions of whether and to what extent the Philadelphia Gas Commission is required to hold public hearings before adopting an increase in Philadelphia's gas rates. Plaintiffs, representing the class of Philadelphia's elderly and low income gas consumers, brought this action to enjoin implementation of the 16 percent increase in gas rates adopted by the
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