CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI v. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION

No. B-7136.

569 S.W.2d 494 (1978)

CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI et al., Petitioners, v. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, B. D. St. Clair, Austin, for petitioners.

Dyer, Redford, Burnett, Wray & Woolsey, W. N. Woolsey, Corpus Christi, John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Joe N. Pratt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

The Application for Writ of Error is refused, no reversible error.

This is an appeal from a temporary injunction issued by the trial court enjoining enforcement of an interim rate order promulgated by the Public Utilities Commission. The Court of Civil Appeals dissolved the injunction and dismissed the cause for want of jurisdiction. In so doing, the Court held that the Public Utilities Commission has the implied power to make interim orders; that...

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