City of Cleveland v. Public Utilities Commission

Was the hearing of March 22,1933, as a matter of fact, a rate-making or a charge-fixing proceeding?

If it was a rate-making proceeding, it was and is a nullity pure and simple, as the commission failed to comply with statutory requirements.

If it was a charge-fixing proceeding, was it authorized by law, and if authorized by law was the city of Cleveland, under the facts and the law, entitled to be heard at the time and in the manner insisted upon by its counsel?

Whether such proceeding was authorized by law or not, and whether the city of Cleveland had a right to be made a party, and heard, or…