Court Opinion

ID: 3813799
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 07:51:21.49537+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:39:17.202171
License: Public Domain

On October 15, 1934, a motion to reverse was filed in these causes involving reductions in gas rates in the towns of Hooker, Guymon, Tyrone, Beaver, Texhoma, and Goodwell.
Under rule 6 of this court this motion was proper in that it was a "communication . . . only by written motion served upon all opposing counsel. . . ."
My objection to the decision and opinion of the majority is that, as provided by our rule, the Corporation Commission may not have been afforded "a reasonable time to respond" to the motion which apparently terminates this abortive proceeding, commenced in good faith in the proper forum provided for redress of grievances of the character herein involved. The fact is, no response has been filed on behalf of the Corporation Commission, and having agreed with proponents for revision downward of the gas rates, it now represents those proponents on appeal.
If, as now adjudicated, the Corporation Commission did not properly function to reach its conclusion on the alleged wrong — an overcharge for gas service — the fault, if it be in the mechanics of government, should be stressed so that it may be remedied. If, on the other hand, the original alleged facts concerning the overcharge are false, that matter should be agitated a bit so that an adjudication of false predicate, upon which to base a reduction of gas rates, may be disclosed.
On May 10, 1940, this court, on the Utilities' motion, remanded these causes to the Corporation Commission for further investigation and findings. The Corporation Commission, on October 11, 1941, filed its report and finding, together with transcript of the proceedings.
The majority decision is grounded on the transcript and records heretofore made in this court, which include the motion to reverse; whereas, there has been neither response brief nor oral argument before this court subsequent to the last findings had by the Corporation Commission. *Page 569