NEW ENGLAND TEL. & TEL. CO. v. PUBLIC UTIL.


448 A.2d 272 (1982)

NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided July 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierce Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr. (orally), Everett P. Ingalls, Portland, John F. Natoli, Morrison DeS. Webb, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

Joseph G. Donahue (orally), Charles F. Dingman, Horace S. Libby, Cushing W. Pagon, Kimball L. Kenway, Augusta, for P. U. C.

Smith, Loyd & King, Angus S. King, Jr. (orally), Brunswick, for Casco Bank & Trust Co.

Smith, Stein & Bernotavica, Gordon E. Stein (orally), Jeffrey A. Smith, Hallowell, Thomas J. Connolly, Intern, for Common Cause.

Before GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ.


GODFREY, Justice.

On July 1, 1980, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company (NET), pursuant to 35 M.R.S.A. § 64 (Supp.1981-82), filed with the Public Utilities Commission (hereinafter the "PUC" or the "Commission") revised tariffs to become effective July 31, 1980, seeking a $39.5 million increase in its annual gross revenues. The effective date of the tariffs was suspended twice per orders of the Commission dated July 22 and October 24, 1980. After filing...

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