D. F. Bast, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Dissenting Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.:

I am obliged to file this dissent to the majority opinion notwithstanding its alluring appeal.

The grant of additional authority to the applicant on this record was, in my opinion, a manifest abuse of discretion on the part of the commission; and it is an abuse of judicial authority to affirm the commission’s order. It reAvards an applicant which has repeatedly and willfully violated the laAV, and Avhich in fact openly defies any laAvful regulation.

This Court should not give its approval to the grant of additional benefits to one so obviously unfit to have…