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CONSUMERS LOBBY AGAINST MONOPOLIES v. PUB. UTIL. COM.

Docket Nos. S.F. 23863, 23868.

25 Cal.3d 891 (1979)

603 P.2d 41

160 Cal. Rptr. 124

CONSUMERS LOBBY AGAINST MONOPOLIES et al., Petitioners, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Respondent; PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Real Party in Interest. TOWARD UTILITY RATE NORMALIZATION, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Respondent; PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

December 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David L. Wilner, in pro. per., Ann Murphy and Glen L. Moss for Petitioners.

Janice E. Kerr, Hector Anninos and Anne K. Mester for Respondent.

C.H. McCrea as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

Robert V.R. Dalenberg, Margaret deB. Brown, Stanley J. Moore and Christopher Lee Rasmussen for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

The primary issue in these two consolidated proceedings is whether the Public Utilities Commission (commission) has authority to award attorney fees and costs to public interest participants in its proceedings.

Consumers Lobby Against Monopolies (CLAM) v. Public Utilities Commission (S.F. 23863) presents two questions: first, does the commission possess the power...

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