Modad Taxicab Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Modad Taxicab Company and Carbondale Transfer Company (petitioners), common carriers under joint ownership serving carbondale, Lackawanna County, appeal here from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) granting a certificate of public convenience to Robert R. Ashby (applicant) to operate a competing taxicab service. At the time of the hearing, the petitioners operated five taxicabs in a service area of approximately 30,000 people, while the applicant proposed to operate four taxicabs.

Section 1103 of the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa. C.S. §1103,…