WATERS v. PACIFIC TELEPHONE CO.

Docket No. S.F. 23071.

12 Cal.3d 1 (1974)

523 P.2d 1161

114 Cal. Rptr. 753

MONA WATERS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PACIFIC TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Vernon W. Humber and Frederick E. Watson for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Francis N. Marshall, Noble K. Gregory, Walter R. Allan, Rankin, Oneal, Center, Luckhardt, Marlais, Lund & Hinshaw, Edward A. Hinshaw and James A. DeBois for Defendant and Respondent.

Frederick T. Searls, John C. Morrissey, Malcolm H. Furbush, Linda S. Friedman, Rollin E. Woodbury, Robert J. Cahall, William E. Marx, C. Hayden Ames, Donald J. Richardson, Jr., Gordon Pearce, Lynn Schenk, Dinkelspiel, Pelavin, Steefel & Levitt, Claude N. Rosenberg, John P. Mathis, Scott K. Carter and John S. Fick as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BURKE, J.

In this case we must reconcile provisions of the Public Utilities Code which (1) deprive the superior courts of jurisdiction to "review, reverse, correct, or annul" any order or decision of the Public Utilities Commission or to interfere with the commission's performance of its official duties (Pub. Util. Code, § 1759)1 and which (2) vest...

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