Court Opinion

ID: 9739834
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:21:54.713468+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:26:22.617911
License: Public Domain

PEDERSON, Justice,
concurring specially-
In the light of present law, precedent and tradition, the opinion authored by Chief Justice Erickstad is sound and reaches the correct conclusion. I believe that the law ought to be changed so that more reasonable results for the public can be expected in the future.
Counsel for Skjonsby says that a Certificate of Authority is a property right and counsel for the PSC says the public interest is advanced by permitting a transfer of a part of a Certificate of Authority. To the extent that I understand either of them, I disagree. If the sale of a partial authority can save Skjonsby from bankruptcy, maybe the public ought to benefit from that sale.