Hansen Storage Co. v. Wisconsin Transportation Commission

This case involves an application by Hansen Storage Company (Hansen) for ad ditional authority under a contract motor carrier license. The application was denied by the Public Service Commission (PSC). On review under Chapter 227, Stats., the circuit court vacated the order of the PSC and ordered that the amended license be issued. The circuit court ruled that the amendment had been granted by operation of law, as provided in sec. 194.14(3), Stats., because the PSC’s order was not issued within the sixty-day period specified in that section. The Transportation Commission, as successor to the…