Legal Opinion
Public Utilities Commission v. Superior Court of San Francisco County
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 31, 2016No. A147570PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MILLER, J.
—This writ petition raises the narrow question whether a petition to compel the Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to produce documents under the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.; PRA) can properly be filed in superior court, or whether Public Utilities Code section 1759 (section 1759) bars the superior court from exercising jurisdiction over such a lawsuit. We conclude the latter, and will issue a writ of mandate commanding the superior court to set aside and vacate its order overruling a demurrer on this ground and to enter an order sustaining the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Filarsky v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2002
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