Legal Opinion
Office of Consumer Advocate v. Iowa State Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 23, 1988No. 87-1626PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
Iowa Southern Utilities filed an application for an increase in its electric rates, and the Iowa State Commerce Commission (now known as the Iowa Utilities Board) began proceedings to process the application. See Iowa Code ch. 476. The Office of Consumer Advocate (OCA), acting under Iowa Code section 475A.2 (1985), resisted the application and further proposed that Iowa Southern’s rates be decreased. A hearing examiner rejected Iowa Southern’s proposed rate increase and rejected several of the downward adjustments requested by OCA. Both parties appealed to the board. The board…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Northwestern Public Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Federal Power Commission v. Conway Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Davenport Water Co. v. Iowa State Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
- Norland v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1987
- Churchill Truck Lines, Inc. v. Transportation Regulation Board of the Iowa Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Security State Bank, Hartley v. ZiegeldorfSupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
- Hartman v. Winnebago CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1998
- Equal Access Corp. v. Utilities Board, Utilities Division, Iowa Department of CommerceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1993
- Short v. Iowa Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1989
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