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BISHOP v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Civ. A. No. 72-35.

340 F.Supp. 520 (1972)

Beverly BISHOP, individually and on behalf of Volunteers Organized In Community Education, Inc., and Charles Brown, individually and on behalf of Organization of Low-Income People, Inc., and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

United States District Court, D. New Hampshire.

March 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Cotton, N. H. Legal Assistance, Concord, N. H., for plaintiff.

Franklin Hollis, Sulloway, Hollis, Godfrey & Soden, Concord, N. H., for defendant.

David A. Brock, U. S. Atty., Concord, N. H., amicus curiae.

OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS

BOWNES, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, all low-income purchasers of electricity in New Hampshire whose income is near or below the poverty level, challenge defendant's proposed price increase. Jurisdiction is invoked and injunctive relief sought under § 210(a) of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, as amended by The Economic Stabilization Act Amendments of 1971, P.L. 92-210, 85 Stat. 748-750 (December 22, 1971...

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