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SOUTHERN CAL. GAS CO. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COM.

Docket No. S.F. 23495.

23 Cal.3d 470 (1979)

591 P.2d 34

153 Cal. Rptr. 10

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION et al., Respondents; CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

February 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William M. Pfeiffer, Thomas D. Clarke, David B. Follett, Lawrence M. Stone, Irell & Manella, Richard H. Borow, Susan I. Spivak and Francis J. Mirabello for Petitioner.

Richard D. Gravelle, J. Calvin Simpson, John S. Fick, Janice E. Kerr, Hector Anninos and Walter H. Kessenick for Respondents.

Burt Pines, City Attorney, Thomas C. Bonaventura, Assistant City Attorney, and Leonard L. Snaider, Deputy City Attorney, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Petitioner, Southern California Gas Company (SoCal), seeks review of two decisions of the Public Utilities Commission lowering its authorized rate of return. This court must decide whether the commission's decisions are supported by the evidence.

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This case is but the latest round in a complex and ongoing clash of philosophies regarding the taxation of regulated public utilities. That clash has...

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