Legal Opinion

J. Jack Bras, Individually and Doing Business as J. Jack Bras & Associates v. California Public Utilities Commission

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 5, 1995No. 93-15764PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Chief Judge WALLACE; Dissent by Judge PREGERSON.

WALLACE, Chief Judge:

Bras appeals from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the California Public Utilities Commission (Commission), dismissing his equal protection claims for lack of standing. We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We reverse and remand.

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From 1969 to 1991, Bras provided architectural services to Pacific Bell. Approximately 30 percent of Bras’s gross receipts after 1983 came from work generated by Pacific Bell. On February 1, 1991, Bras was asked to complete a…

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