MATTER OF CERTAIN TERRITORIAL ELEC. BOUNDARIES, ETC.

No. 12402.

281 N.W.2d 65 (1979)

In the Matter of Establishing CERTAIN TERRITORIAL ELECTRIC BOUNDARIES Within the State of South Dakota (MITCHELL AREA) F-3105. William WILLRODT and Mary Willrodt, Appellants, v. NORTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Larson, of Larson, Sundall, Wright & Larson, Chamberlain, for appellants.

Merle D. Lewis, Huron, for respondent, Northwestern Public Service Co.

Judith Meierhenry, Vermillion, for the Public Utilities Commission; Ben Stead, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Leo P. Flynn, Milbank, for amicus curiae, South Dakota Rural Elec. Ass'n.

Robert B. Frieberg, of Frieberg, Frieberg, & Peterson, Beresford, for amicus curiae, South Dakota Municipal Elec. Ass'n.

Harold H. Deering, Jr., of May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, for amicus curiae, Investor-Owned Utilities Companies in South Dakota.


FOSHEIM, Justice.

This case involves the establishment of territorial boundaries for electric utilities. Appellants, William Willrodt and Mary Willrodt (Willrodts), are appealing a decision of the circuit court that reversed a Public Utilities Commission (PUC) determination and granted the right to serve the Willrodts' property to respondent Northwestern Public Service Company (NWPS). The investor-owned utility companies in South Dakota, the South Dakota Municipal...

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