Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Railroad Commission

Under proceedings instituted upon its own motion, the Railroad Commission of California issued an order November 13, 1933, fixing the rates to he charged by the Pacific Gas & Electric Company in its gas service. The order considerably reduced the company’s net annual revenue, the Commission putting the reduction at $1,-744,881. The company brought suit in this court to restrain enforcement of the order upon the usual constitutional grounds. An interlocutory injunction was granted by a statutory three-judge court. As there was grave doubt in the mind of the court as to whether the evidence…