Opinion ID: 2215827
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Heading: nature and scope of judicial review.

Text: Boston Edison alleges that the Department's decision in 18515 deprived the Company of the opportunity to earn a fair return on its investment. The Company contends, and properly so, that, to the extent that it asserts a claim of confiscation, it is entitled to an independent review as to both law and fact. New England Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Department of Pub. Utils., 371 Mass. 67, 70-71 (1976). Boston Gas Co. v. Department of Pub. Utils., 368 Mass. 51, 54 (1975). New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Department of Pub. Utils., 360 Mass. 443, 449 (1971). Mystic Valley Gas Co. v. Department of Pub. Utils., 359 Mass. 420, 424 (1971). In so far as any of the challenged rulings do not independently or in cumulative effect give rise to a claim of confiscation, the standard of review is as set forth in the State Administrative Procedure Act. G.L.c. 30A, § 14 (7), as appearing in St. 1973, c. 1114, § 3. New England Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Department of Pub. Utils, 371 Mass. 67, 71 (1976). New England Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Department of Pub. Utils., 360 Mass. 443, 449 (1971).