Duane Hall Trucking, Inc. v. Public Service Commission

SCOTT DANIELS, District Judge:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Public Service Commission of Utah concerning motor carrier operating rights. Following an investigation, the Commissioner ordered the operating status of a contract carrier converted to a common carrier, and the party concerned, Duane Hall Trucking, Inc., challenges this decision on constitutional and statutory grounds. Because the statutory basis of the plaintiffs argument merits reversal, we find no need to address the constitutional issues.

Duane Hall Trucking (“DHT”) provides trucking services to ship oil field drilling…