Legal Opinion · Dissent

Morgan Drive Away, Inc. v. Railroad Commission of Texas

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 25, 1973No. B-3684Published

1DissentPope, Justice

I respectfully dissent. The majority has concluded that the commission’s order falls short of the statutory requirement that it contain full and complete findings of fact. Art. 911b, Sec. 5a(d). The order incorporates the examiner’s report and recommended order, and attached to that was a summation of copious proof offered by both the applicant and protestants.

The conclusion reached by the majority flows from its disregard of many portions of the six-page report of the examiner and its attention to only two conclusionary paragraphs of that document which paragraphs it reads with a hostile…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Railroad CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Miller v. Railroad CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1962
  3. Thompson v. Hovey Petroleum Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Alamo Express, Inc. v. Railroad CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Morgan Drive Away, Inc. v. Railroad CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972

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