HIXON v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMM.


32 Wis.2d 608 (1966)

HIXON, Appellant, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Whyte, Hirschboeck, Minahan, Harding & Harland, attorneys, and Don S. Peterson of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Peterson.

For the respondent the cause was argued by William E. Torkelson, chief counsel of the Public Service Commission, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

A brief amicus curiae was filed by A. D. Sutherland of Fond du Lac, for the Wisconsin Division of the Izaak Walton League of America.


WILKIE, J.

The appellant, seeking a ch. 227, Stats., judicial review, contends that respondent's order and findings of fact are insufficient as a matter of law, that they are unsupported by substantial evidence in view of the entire record, and that they are arbitrary and capricious.

The trial court concluded otherwise. We affirm the trial court. A summary of our position is as follows:

(1) The PSC function of issuing or denying a permit for structures...

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