Commercial Communications, Inc. v. Public Utilities Commission

SCHAUER, J., Dissenting.

If we follow established law, or even the fundamental principles of our governmental plan, we should hold'that the Public Utilities Commission is without jurisdiction in this matter because it clearly appears that the private mobile radiotelephone operations of the Pacific Telephone Company are not public utility operations. Pacific, by its purported dedication of its private mobile radiotelephone equipment and maintenance service and its filing of a tariff schedule, cannot impart the character of a true public utility into that which is essentially a highly…