Public Service Commission v. Continental Telephone Co. of California

OPINION

In 1974, Continental Telephone applied to the Public Service Commission for rate increases on Nevada service amounting to $1,509,715. The P.S.C. held extensive hearings throughout the state, and on June 6, 1975 issued orders which only allowed $233,966 of the requested increases. Continental thereupon sought judicial review of the P.S.C. orders on six items of accounting. After oral argument, the district court overruled the P.S.C. on four items, but upheld the commission’s findings on the remaining two issues. Specifically, the court found the commission arbitrarily and capriciously…