DICKINSON v. DAVIS


561 P.2d 1019 (1977)

277 Or. 665

Curtis Lyle DICKINSON, Dba Curt's Parts Service Company and Woolwine Trucking Company, an Oregon Corporation, Respondents, v. Charles DAVIS, Public Utility Commissioner of Oregon, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided March 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce DeBolt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and W. Michael Gillette, Sol. Gen.

John R. Urquhart, Portland, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.

Before DENECKE, C.J., and HOLMAN, TONGUE, HOWELL, BRYSON, LENT and LINDE, JJ.


LINDE, Justice.

Woolwine Trucking Company and Dickinson, respondents in this case, collaborated in an arrangement by which Dickinson would operate an automobile parts delivery service in Portland under an existing Public Utility Commissioner's permit held by Woolwine until Dickinson could determine whether the business would be profitable. When Dickinson applied for a PUC permit in his own name some seven months later, the commissioner learned of this arrangement...

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