Court Opinion

ID: 9711881
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:41:06.620832+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:08.100711
License: Public Domain

Kaplan, J.
(concurring). I agree with the result and with the court’s opinion, of which a particularly telling argument, for me, is the fact that the CATV commission reads § 4 of St. 1971, c. 1103, as covering the defendant “licensee” and others in similar position. Left without the aid of such a judgment on the part of the regulatory agency, I am frank to say I would be reluctant to hold under § 4 that a license to install cable lines on existing poles, granted by selectmen of the town without notice or hearing, could be inflated into a full license under G. L. c. 166A. That interpretation of § 4 is, however, a permissible one textually, and I am bound to pay attention to the views of a commission presumptively knowledgeable in the field and charged with protecting the public interest.