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

Docket No. S006168.

50 Cal.3d 31 (1990)

784 P.2d 1373

265 Cal. Rptr. 801

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Leslie E. LoBaugh, Jr., Thomas D. Clarke, Woodrow D. Smith, Glen J. Sullivan, Robert B. Keeler and David C. Keitel for Plaintiff and Appellant.

O'Melveny & Myers, Ralph J. Shapira, Hufstedler, Miller, Kaus & Beardsley, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Ronald A. Zumbrun, Anthony T. Caso, Loeb & Loeb and Fred B. Griffin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Janice E. Kerr, Michael B. Day and Carol Dumond for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BROUSSARD, J.

In this proceeding we are called upon to determine whether the California Public Utilities Commission (the commission) erred in concluding that Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has impliedly waived its attorney-client privilege in this proceeding to recover the cost of certain fuel expenditures. (Cal.P.U.C. Dec. No. 87-12-071; as modified by Cal.P.U.C. Dec. No. 88-06-029.) We conclude that it has erred...

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