Picco v. State

Appeal under RSA 541:6 from an adverse decision by the public utilities commission defining and limiting the plaintiff’s rights to carry on statewide rubbish and salvage operations under a permit (No. 386) granted by the commission on October 17, 1968. The pertinent portion of RSA 375-B:4 (Supp. 1973), under which this permit was issued, contains a “grandfather clause”. This provides that one applying for contract carrier authority on or before December 1, 1967, shall obtain a permit from the commission authorizing such operation if the applicant “was engaged in bona fide operation as a....…