Nevada Public Service Commission v. Vegas Rock & Sand, Inc.

OPINION

Facts

Vegas Rock & Sand, Inc. (Vegas Rock) and Las Vegas Paving Corporation (Las Vegas Paving) sought to transfer a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (the certificate) from Vegas Rock to Las Vegas Paving. During the transfer hearings, the intervenors, local trucking companies which objected to the transfer, called no witnesses to support their position. The only witnesses to appear on behalf of the Commission were its staff employees, who testified that the certificate should be transferred in full for the following reasons: (1) for the five years prior to the transfer…