PACIFIC BELL v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COM.

No. A087250.

93 Cal.Rptr.2d 910 (2000)

79 Cal.App.4th 269

PACIFIC BELL, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

March 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pacific Telesis Legal Group, James B. Young, Los Angeles, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro and Kevin M. Fong, San Francisco, and Reed E. Harvey, for Petitioner.

Stephen E. Pickett, Los Angeles, Janine M. Watkins-Ivie for Southern California Edison Company as amicus curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Peter Arth, Jr., Mary McKenzie, Lynne P. McGhee, Joel T. Perlstein, Geoffrey B. Dryvynsyde, Counsel for Respondent.


HANING, J.

This petition for writ of review, one of the first presented to the Court of Appeal under jurisdiction recently established by Public Utilities Code section 1756,1 raises an important issue of appellate procedure. Where the Legislature has authorized a writ of review as the exclusive method of challenging a Public Utilities Commission (PUC or commission) decision, must the Court of Appeal grant the writ, examine the PUC's certified...

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