CITIZENS UTILITIES CO. v. COMMERCE COM.

No. 43813.

50 Ill.2d 35 (1971)

276 N.E.2d 330

CITIZENS UTILITIES COMPANY OF ILLINOIS et al., Appellants, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHAPMAN and CUTLER, of Chicago, (JOHN N. VANDER VRIES and DANIEL J. KUCERA, of counsel,) for appellants.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, PETER A. FASSEAS, Special Assistant Attorney General, and JAMES R. SULLIVAN, Assistant Attorney General, all of Chicago, for appellee Illinois Commerce Commission.

ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE, of Chicago, (RICHARD G. FERGUSON, MICHAEL L. MILLER and GENE L. ARMSTRONG, of counsel,) for appellee Commonwealth Edison Company.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Eleven private utility companies have appealed from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County which affirmed an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission denying their petition for relief from allegedly illegal rates for electricity supplied by the Commonwealth Edison Company. The companies are: Citizens Utilities Company of Illinois, Arbury Utilities Co., Inc., Illinois Municipal...

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