In determining whether the presumption should be applied, he found that the public utility presumption has been applied only to traditional public utilities such as electricity, natural gas, telephone, and cable television services, where the employers provide an essential service directly to the public and are the only providers of that service. [read post]

Since 1994, Stevens has been the senior Associate Justice and so has been responsible for assigning opinions when the Chief Justice is not in the majority. [read post]