SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S045854.

13 Cal.4th 893 (1996)

SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; MARTIN COVALT et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, Wilhelm & Waldron, Frank C. Rothrock, Gary C. Weisberg, Smith, Helms, Mulliss & Moore, William L. Young, O'Connor, Cohn, Dillon & Barr, Duncan Barr and Joel C. Lamp for Petitioner.

Fred J. Hiestand, Catherine I. Hanson, Gregory M. Abrams, Kirk B. Johnson, Michael L. Ile, Martin S. Kaufman, J. Michael Reidenbach, John Stuart Tinker, Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Frederic D. Cohen, Julie L. Woods, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Daniel I. Davidson, Scott H. Strauss, De Cuir & Somach and David S. Kaplan as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Casey, Gerry, Casey, Westbrook, Reed & Schenk, Frederick Schenk, Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, Michael E. Withey, Robinson & Phillips and Mark R. Robinson for Real Parties in Interest.

Leslie Brueckner, Wylie A. Aitken, Annee Della Donna, Miller, Starr & Regalia, Edmund L. Regalia and Arthur F. Coon as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

Section 1759 of the Public Utilities Code1 declares that no court except this Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review any order or decision of the Public Utilities Commission (hereafter the commission) or to interfere with the commission in the performance of its duties. Section 2106, however, authorizes an action in superior court for damages caused by any unlawful act of a public utility...

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