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HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. v. WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION

162 Conn. 89 (1971)

HARTFORD ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY v. WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bourke G. Spellacy, with whom were Stuart N. Updike and Charles F. Corcoran, for the appellant-appellee (defendant Public Utilities Commission).

Walter F. Torrance, Jr., with whom, on the brief, were H. Bissell Carey, Jr., and Edmund W. O'Brien, for the appellant-appellee (plaintiff).

Thomas F. Parker, for the appellee-appellant (named defendant).

Julian D. Rosenberg, for the appellee-appellant (defendant Cynthia B. Carlson) and as amicus curiae on behalf of Connecticut Valley Action Committee, Inc.

THIM, RYAN, SHAPIRO, LOISELLE and FITZGERALD, JS.

THIM, J.

This appeal concerns the conflicting claims of jurisdiction of two state regulatory agencies as to the granting of permits for the erection of power transmission lines over navigable rivers in the state of Connecticut. The material facts are as follows: Prior to December, 1965, the plaintiff, the Hartford Electric Light Company, hereinafter called HELCO, determined that in connection with the utilization of electric...

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