MTR. NY TEL. CO. v. PSC


56 N.Y.2d 213 (1982)

In the Matter of New York Telephone Company, Appellant, v. Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Respondent. Robert Abrams, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, et al., Intervenors-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Miller Struve, James L. Kerr, Harold S. Levy and Gerald M. Oscar for appellant.

Charles R. Gibson and David E. Blabey for respondent.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (John F. Duane, Shirley Adelson Siegel, Melvyn R. Leventhal and Paulann M. Caplovitz of counsel), for Robert Abrams, intervenor-respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, WACHTLER and MEYER concur; Judges GABRIELLI and FUCHSBERG taking no part.


JONES, J.

The Public Service Commission (Commission) has authority to issue orders protecting the confidentiality of trade secrets received in evidence in rate-fixing proceedings notwithstanding the statutory prescription that all proceedings and records of the Commission shall be public.

In the course of hearings being conducted by the Public Service Commission on tariff revisions filed by petitioner...

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