Peninsula Cruise, Inc. v. State Corp. Commission

This appeal is a sequel to Harbor Cruises v. Commonwealth, 217 Va. 458, 230 S.E.2d 248 (1976), where we held that a sight-seeing carrier by boat under the “Grandfather Clause” of Code § 56-457.9 could operate from Willoughby Bay Marina in the City of Norfolk without obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the State Corporation Commission.

Peninsula Cruise, Inc., with the same officers and stockholders as Harbor Cruises, Inc., the successful appellant in Harbor Cruises, supra, applied to the Commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate…