SOUTHERN PAC. TRANSP. CO. v. LOUISIANA PUB. SERV. COM'N

No. 51808.

263 So.2d 333 (1972)

262 La. 391

SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee (Police Jury of the Parish of Lafayette, Intervenor-Appellee).

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Harry McCall, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph H. Kavanaugh, Baton Rouge, William E. Logan, Jr., Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

These proceedings involve the judicial review of an order of the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

The plaintiff railroad ("Southern Pacific") sues to annul an order which required it to permit construction of a crossing of a highway over its tracks. The district court affirmed the Commission's order, and Southern Pacific appeals directly to this Court. Louisiana Constitution, Article 7, Section 10(3).

The City of Lafayette and the...

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