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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 35, § 70 (2026)

Hearings on proposed changes in freight rates; Interstate Commerce Commission

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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 245 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 771, §394 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 469, §15 (RP).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1976–1981 · leading case: Maine Motor Rate Bureau, 357 A.2d 518 (Me. 1976).
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Maine Motor Rate Bureau, 357 A.2d 518 (Me. 1976). · cites it 3× “In 1972, the rate-change procedures of motor common carriers of freight were governed by 35 M.R.S.A. § 70. This was changed in 1973.”
Cent. Maine Power Co. v. Maine Pub. Utils. Comm'n, 436 A.2d 880 (Me. 1981). · cites it 2× “44 § 2 (now 35 M.R.S.A. § 70 7 ) which provided a *884 different method to protect rate-payers.”
First Hartford Corp. v. Cent. Maine Power Co., 425 A.2d 174 (Me. 1981). · cites it 2× “We held that, in contrast to the Commission’s express authority under 35 M.R.S.A. § 70 to afford an after-the-fact remedy to ratepayers of utilities engaged in the transportation of freight, 6 the Legislature has not given the Commission power to afford such a remedy to…”
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