IN THE MATTER OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONER OF OREGON OVER RATES AND CHARGES OF RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY ET AL.
v.
HELTZEL AND PACIFIC INLAND TARIFF BUREAU, INC.
Supreme Court of Oregon.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 7, 1953.
Reversed March 31, 1954.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Frank C. McColloch argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Koerner, Young, McColloch & Dezendorf, Edwin L. Graham and Joseph Larkin, of Portland.
Robert R. Hollis, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Charles H. Heltzel, Public Utilities Commissioner of Oregon. With him on the brief were George Neuner, Attorney General, John R. McCollough and Wallace G. Mills, Assistant Attorneys General, of Salem.
William B. Adams and Arlus C. Morris, of Portland, filed a brief for respondent Pacific Inland Tariff Bureau, Inc.
Supreme Court of Oregon.
REVERSED.
ROSSMAN, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Marion County which dismissed a petition for a writ of prohibition. The petition prayed that a writ issue directed to the Public Utilities Commissioner of Oregon (ORS 756.020) prohibiting him from conducting a hearing into the reasonableness of some tariffs which two of the petitioners had filed lowering the rates for the transportation of...
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