STANDISH TELEPHONE CO. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES


499 A.2d 458 (1985)

STANDISH TELEPHONE COMPANY and China Telephone Company v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION and Saco River Communications Corporation.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verrill & Dana, by Michael T. Healy (orally), Portland, for the plaintiffs.

James A. Buckley (orally), Public Utilities Com'n, Augusta, for defendants.

Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster by Harold J. Carroll (orally), Nicole L. Rives, Boston, Mass., for Saco River Communications Corp.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and VIOLETTE, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK, JJ. and WERNICK, A.R.J.


WERNICK, Active Retired Justice.

On October 27, 1983, Saco River Communications Corporation1 (Saco River), on behalf of its subsidiary corporate division Communications Design, instituted a proceeding before the Public Utilities Commission (Commission). Saco River asked that, pursuant to 35 M.R.S.A. §§ 2301 and 2302 (Supp.1984), respectively, the Commission authorize Communications Design to act as a telephone company and grant...

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