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NEW ENGLAND TEL. & TEL. CO. v. P.U.C. OF MAINE

Civ. A. No. 83-0166-P.

570 F.Supp. 1558 (1983)

NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF MAINE, Peter A. Bradford, Chairman, Cheryl Harrington, Commissioner and Ralph H. Gelder, Commissioner, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

September 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph I. Lancaster, Everett P. Ingalls, Portland, Me., for plaintiff.

Francis X. Belotti, Atty. Gen., Charles R. Peck, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Utilities Division, Boston, Mass., amicus curiae for Mass.

John E. Ingle, Deputy Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Fed. Comm. Comm., Washington, D.C., amicus curiae for the FCC.

Thomas Wies, Montpelier, Vt., amicus curiae for the Public Service Board of Vermont.

Joseph G. Donahue, Charles F. Dingman, William E. Furber, Maine Public Utilities Commission, Augusta, Me., for defendants.

Richard E. Crowell, Jr., Comm. Counsel, R.I. Public Utilities Comm., Faith A. LaSalle, Asst. Atty. Gen., R.I. Atty. Gen.'s Office, Providence, R.I., amici curiae for the State of R.I. & Providence Plantations.

Charles R. Peck, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., amicus curiae for Utilities Div., Public Protection Bureau, Commonwealth of Mass.

OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER IN PROCEEDINGS FOR PRELIMINARY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIONS

CARTER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is an action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, pursuant to 47 U.S.C.A. § 401(b) (1962) of the Communications Act of 1934 (the "Act"), see 47 U.S.C.A. § 609 (Supp.1983), to achieve enforcement of a certain order of the Federal Communications Commission. Plaintiff initially...

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