Cox Oklahoma Telecom, LLC v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Corp. Commission

KAUGER, J.,

with whom WATT, J. joins, concurring in part/dissenting in part:

T1 I do not agree that the proceeding at issue is "more akin to legislation than to adjudication." Nearly 100 years ago, the United States Supreme Court in Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co., 211 U.S. 210, 29 S.Ct. 67, 58 L.Ed. 150 (1908) discussed the proceedings of the Virginia State Corporation Commission and its attempt to enforce orders fixing passenger rates. The Court noted that the corporation commission has been clothed with legislative, judicial, and executive powers.

€ 2 The Court described a judicial inquiry…