Case Name: In the Matter of Rochester Telephone Corporation, Respondent, v. Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1983-02-10
Citations: 58 N.Y.2d 874
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Rochester Telephone Corporation, Respondent, v Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 58
Pages: 874–876

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Rochester Telephone Corporation, Respondent, v Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Appellant.
Argued January 3, 1983;
decided February 10, 1983
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Sam Laniado and David E. Blabey for appellant.
Michael T. Tomaino, Roger H. Kessel and Jonathan H. Winer for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The judgment of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
The Appellate Division correctly held that the commission did not have the authority, under subdivision 2 of section 113 of the Public Service Law, to order the petitioner to pass on to its customers the tax deduction resulting from its passing on of a tax refund. We express no opinion on whether the commission, in ruling on a general rate case, may order a passing on of the tax deduction, a question we need not reach on this appeal.
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg, Meyer and Simons concur.
Judgment affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.