NO. PAC. TRANSP. CO. v. WA. U. & T. COMM.

No. 37771.

69 Wn.2d 472 (1966)

418 P.2d 735

NORTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORT COMPANY, Respondent, v. WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

October 6, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General and Robert E. Simpson, Assistant, for appellant Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.

George H. Hart (William B. Adams, of counsel), for appellants Black Ball Freight Service et al.

Reaugh, Hart & Allison, George H. Hart, and William Q. Marshall, for appellants Poulsbo-Seattle Auto Freight, Inc., et al.

Dean H. Eastman and Roger J. Crosby, for respondent.


FINLEY, J.

The proper scope of judicial review and control of administrative action virtually defies precise articulation.1 The modern complexity of human affairs and the correlative necessity and complexity of government regulation have precipitated what amounts to an "administrative law explosion." This appeal from a trial court's reversal of a state administrative body's order typifies the kinds of problems raised by administrative...

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