People's Counsel v. Public Service Commission

People’s Counsel to the Public Service Commission pursues this appeal from an order of the Commission granting a rate increase to taxicabs operating in Baltimore City. His complaint is that, in deciding to grant the increase, the Commission looked at only one item of expense — the cost of gasoline — and did not consider the overall financial condition of the taxicab companies. As a result, he says, the Commission failed to act in accordance with Md. Code Ann. art. 78, §§ 69 and 84, and passed an order "that is without statutory authority, arbitrary and capricious, made upon unlawful…