Public Service Commission v. Hahn Transportation, Inc.

I dissent because, in my opinion, (1) the Public Service Commission does not, and constitutionally cannot, exercise any judicial or so-called “quasi-judicial” powers or functions so that Rule III-A purports to relate to a non-existent function and is void on its face; (2) assuming, arguendo, that the Commission can or does exercise any “quasi-judicial” function, it has been granted no power by the General Assembly to promulgate Rule IIT-A; and (3) Rule III-A is too vague and indefinite on its face to be a valid rule.

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As our predecessors stated in Public Service Comm’n v. Philadelphia…