City of So. Burlington v. Vermont Elec. Power Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that electric generation facility was not required to secure a municipal zoning permit for a facility already sanctioned by the PSB through a certificate of public good
• holding municipal zoning regulation of transmission line preempted by state regulatory authority
• holding municipal zoning regulation of transmission line preempted by state regulatory authority
• “ ‘Due consideration’ for municipal legislative bodies ... at least impliedly postulates that municipal enactments, in the specific area, are advisory rather than controlling.”
• “ ‘Due consideration’ for municipal legislative bodies . . . at least impliedly postulates that municipal enactments, in the specific area, are advisory rather than controlling.”
• “‘Due consideration’ for municipal legislative bodies . . . at least impliedly postulates that municipal enactments, in the specific area, are advisory rather than controlling . . . . Any attempt at municipal regulation is pre‐empted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).