CONSUMERS LEAGUE OF NEV. v. SOUTHWEST GAS CORP.

No. 9090.

576 P.2d 737 (1978)

CONSUMERS LEAGUE OF NEVADA, and Kermitt L. Waters, Appellants, v. SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION, a California Corporation, Public Service Commission, State of Nevada, U.S. Lime, Stauffer Chemical Company, Titanium Metals Corporation of America, American Potash, Nevada Power Company, Pacific Engineering & Production Company of Nevada, Johns-Manville Product Company, State Stove & Manufacturing Company, Fort Mohave, California Pacific Utilities Company and Kerr McGee Chemical Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

April 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Paul Sorenson and Harry E. Claiborne, Las Vegas, for appellant Kermitt L. Waters.

Kermitt L. Waters, Las Vegas, for appellant Consumers League of Nevada.

Guild, Hagen & Clark, Reno, Charles H. McCrea, Darrell L. Clark and Constance L. Howard, Las Vegas, for respondent Southwest Gas Corp.

M. Gene Matteucci, Las Vegas, for respondent Nevada Power Co.

Galane & Tingey, Jones, Jones, Bell, Close & Brown, Las Vegas, for all other respondents.

Robert List, Atty. Gen. and George M. Keele, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, for respondent Public Service Com'n.

Laxalt, Berry & Allison, Carson City, for respondent California-Pacific Utilities Co.

Cromer, Barker & Michaelson, Las Vegas, amicus curiae.


OPINION

SMART, District Judge:1

This interlocutory appeal, which is permitted by virtue of an NRCP 54(b) determination, is from an order granting partial summary judgment in favor of Southwest Gas Corporation.

On January 14, 1976, the Public Service Commission ordered Southwest Gas to refund substantial sums of money to its customers. This order was entered after hearings before the Commission concerning the disposition...

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