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METRO TRANSP. CO. v. PA. P.U.C.

No. 1826 C.D. 1985.

105 Pa.Commw. 592 (1987)

525 A.2d 24

Metro Transportation Company t/a Yellow Cab Co., Petitioner v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted on briefs December 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Herzog Larkin, with her, Victor A. Young and Zenola Harper, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, for petitioner.

Karen Oill Moury, Assistant Counsel, with her, Alfred N. Lowenstein, Deputy Chief Counsel, and Charles F. Hoffman, Chief Counsel, for respondent.

To Judges COLINS and PALLADINO, and Senior Judge KALISH, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE COLINS, May 4, 1987:

Metro Transportation Company, t/a Yellow Cab Company (Metro), appeals an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) which imposed a $500 fine upon Metro for refusing taxicab service to a Bernard Seitlin, a visually handicapped individual, because he was accompanied by his guide dog. The pertinent regulation governing such service provides that:

Common carriers shall transport dogs trained for the...

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