Legal Opinion

Wood v. Public Utilities Commission

California Supreme Court

Decided March 8, 1971No. S.F. 22715PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

WRIGHT, C. J.

Petitioners, Henry Wood and Genevera Gonzales, seek review of decision No. 76065 of the Public Utilities Commission ordering dismissal of cases brought by them against Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company (hereinafter PT&T) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (hereinafter PG&E) challenging the validity of the two utilities’ credit rules. (See Pub. Util. Code, §§ 1756-1761.) Contrary to petitioners’ contentions, we conclude that the rules were validly adopted and that they do not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  4. Rinaldi v. YeagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1945

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  4. CEEED v. California Coastal Zone Conservation CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
  5. Southern California Edison Co. v. PeeveyCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003

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