Legal Opinion

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided October 31, 1988No. 87SA102PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VOLLACK, Justice.

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (Santa Fe) appeals the order of the Denver District Court affirming the decision of the Public Utilities Commission (Commission) to impose upon Santa Fe a fee of $572,000 as its share of the cost of rebuilding the 8th Avenue viaduct (viaduct). Santa Fe argues that the Commission failed to comply with the statutory requirements of section 40-4-106(3)(c), 17 C.R.S. (1984), and based its decision to impose costs not upon evidence in the record, but upon an “assumption” concerning the amount of benefit that Santa Fe and Burlington…

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. City of Montrose v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COM'N, ETC.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1981
  2. Public Utilities Commission v. Northwest Water Corp.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1969
  3. Colorado Municipal League v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1988
  4. Public Service Co. of Colorado v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
  5. Aspen Airways, Inc. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Van Sickle v. BoyesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  2. Integrated Network Services, Inc. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
  3. CF&I Steel, L.P. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1997
  4. Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  5. Ace West Trucking, Inc. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990

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