State Ex Rel. Missouri Public Service Commission v. Missouri Gas Co.

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Judge.

The State of Missouri on behalf of the Public Service Commission appeals the circuit court’s judgment granting a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by several pipeline companies, which we refer to collectively as MoGas. 1 In its petition, the Commission contended that MoGas owed penalties due to MoGas’s failure to obtain the Commission’s authorization to transfer, merge, or consolidate its operations in violation of section 893.190.1, RSMo 2000. On appeal, the Commission asserts that the circuit court erred in granting MoGas’s motion for judgment on the…