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Hensley v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

Public Utilities, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a case in which the Court of Appeals previously dismissed the appeal of plaintiffs from a nonappealable stipulated judgment pursuant to a...

Merced Irrigation District v. Super. Ct.

Public Utilities
In a writ proceeding to challenge the trial court's conclusion that plaintiff was not a 'municipal corporation' for purpose of Public Utilities Code...

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. v. US

Public Utilities, Contracts
In a brought suit against the U.S. claiming that two federal government agencies selling electricity over-charged appellants for electricity, the...

MPS Merchant Services, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Public Utilities, Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law
In consolidated petitions for review brought by various power companies of FERC determinations that various energy companies committed tariff...

California Public Utilities Comm. v. Superior Court

Public Utilities, Government Law
In a petition for writ of mandamus and complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief against the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for...

Dept. of Finance v. Commission on State Mandates

Water Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Constitutional Law
In an action concerning who pays for storm drains, the Court of Appeal's conclusion that the Regional Water Quality Control Board for Los Angeles's...

Santiago-Ramos v. Autoridad de Energia Electrica de Puerto Rico

Public Utilities, Class Actions, Constitutional Law
In a public utilities class action, contending that defendant power company (PREPA)'s subsidized municipalities' private use of power in violation of...

Santa Clarita Org. etc. v. Castaic Lake Water Agency

Public Utilities, Water Law, Administrative Law, Administrative Law
In a lawsuit to unwind a public water agency's acquisition of all of the stock of a retail water purveyor within its territory, the trial court's...

Panoche Energy Center, LLC v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Public Utilities, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Contracts
In an arbitration action, arising from a dispute between plaintiff electricity producer and defendant utility over which party bears the cost of...

City of Santa Maria v. Adam

Water Law, Agriculture, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In a water law action, arising from a dispute between landowners and public water producers over rights to groundwater contained in the Santa Maria...