FUNBUS SYSTEMS, INC. v. C.P.U.C.

Nos. 84-6170, 84-6171, 85-7104 and 85-7105.

801 F.2d 1120 (1986)

FUNBUS SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee, Airport Service, Inc., Real Party In Interest. Interstate Commerce Commission, Applicant for Intervention-Appellant. FUNBUS SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee, Airport Service, Inc., Real Party In Interest. Interstate Commerce Commission, Applicant for Intervention-Appellant. AIRPORT SERVICE, INCORPORATED, Petitioner, State of California and Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, Intervenors-Petitioners, v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, Respondent, Funbus Systems, Inc., Real Party-Intervenor. AIRPORT SERVICE, INCORPORATED, Petitioner, State of California and Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, Intervenors-Petitioners, v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, Respondent, Lounge Car Tours Charter Company, Inc., Real Party-Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Menke, Fahrney & Carroll, Dennis V. Menke, Orange, Cal., for Funbus System.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Atty. Gen., Robert Daniel Cedarbaum, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., amicus curiae.

Janice E. Kerr, J. Calvin Simpson, Gretchen Dumas, Harvey Y. Morris, San Francisco, Cal., for Cal. Public Utilities Com'n.

Robert S. Burk, Gen. Counsel, Henri F. Rush, Dep. Gen. Counsel, H. Glenn Scammel, Atty., I.C.C., Washington, D.C., for I.C.C.

J. Terence Lyons, Lyons & Lyons, Los Angeles, Cal., for Real Party in Interest.

John C. Russell, Russell & Hancock, Los Angeles, Cal., for Real Party-Intervenor.

In Support of Petitioner & Intervenor: Airport Service & State of Cal. & Public Utilities of the State of Cal: Masha Rozman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for State of New Jersey & New Jersey Dept. of Transp.

Allan Kohler, Atty., Harrisburgh, Pa., for the Public Utility Com'n of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Paul Rodgers, Gen. Counsel, Charles D. Gray, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Genevieve Morelli, Dep. Asst. Gen. Counsel, National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Washington, D.C., for The National Asso. of Regulatory Utility Comm.

Before KENNEDY, SKOPIL and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.


ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated cases present a common novel issue: Does section 6 of the Bus Regulatory Reform Act, 49 U.S.C. § 10922 (partial rev. 1985) (hereinafter Bus Act) authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission (hereinafter ICC) to issue certificates permitting motor carriers to conduct intrastate services which operate independently of their interstate operations?

In appeal nos. 85-7104 and 85-7105, petitioner Airport Service, Inc...

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