1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 487 Pa.
  5. 487 Pa. 189 (1979)
 

KARPE v. PENNSYLVANIA PUB. UTIL. COM'N

487 Pa. 189 (1979)

409 A.2d 29

Irving S. KARPE, t/a Yellow Cab Company, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Katz, Stroudsburg, Monroe County, for appellant.

R. Nickerbocker Smith, Jr., Harrisburg, Dauphin County, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

Appellant Irving Karpe filed an action in mandamus in Commonwealth Court seeking to require appellee, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), to issue a certificate to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation on his behalf, which certificate was a condition precedent to appellant's obtaining licenses for several van-type vehicles. The prayer for mandamus relief was properly denied by the Commonwealth Court as there...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases