Davenport Water Co. v. Iowa State Commerce Commission

The majority opinion rightly states our task in this litigation is to determine whether the Commission acted in violation of applicable constitutional standards; unreasonably, arbitrarily, or capriciously; or in excess of statutory authority. We approach the case from the standpoint of these considerations.

I. Applicable constitutional standards. In Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co. v. Fort *614Dodge, 248 Iowa 1201, 85 N.W.2d 28 (1957) this court examined in depth the application of Iowa constitutional provisions to the utility rate problem. The holding in Fort Dodge was reaffirmed in our…