Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp. v. Georgia Public Service Commission

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

The Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC), after a hearing, approved the application of ARC Armored Service, Inc., for a class “M” irregular route intrastate motor carrier certificate pursuant to Ga. Code Ann. §§ 68-501 et seq. The plaintiff, Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp., which holds a similar certificate for the same eight-county area, was a protestant in the GPSC hearing. Wells Fargo brought this § 1983 suit in federal court1 to enjoin ARC’s operations under its certificate, *940alleging that flaws in the hearing process denied to it procedural due process. The…