Church v. Public Utilities Commission

Petitioner seeks to obtain annulment of an order of the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 1756 of the Public Utilities Code.

The Public Utilities Commission on its own motion, on November 29,1955, ordered an investigation into the practices of petitioner, an overlying carrier, relating to rate arrangements with certain subhaulers.

The commission found that petitioner was underpaying the subhaulers and ordered reparation. After respondent commission rendered its decision, a petition for rehearing was filed by petitioner in which he urged, among other points, that…