Morey v. Public Utilities Commission

The Public Utilities Commission (the Commission) and various carriers appeal a district court order overruling the Commission’s denial of common carrier status to the Plaintiff, C. M. Morey, doing business as Star Motor Lines (Star). While we agree that the Commission applied improper guidelines in its decision-making process, the proper remedy is to remand the matter to the Commission for application of appropriate decisional guidelines. Thus, rather than weigh the evidence ourselves as did the trial court, we reverse as to that portion of the district court’s order which made independent…