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· 10/2/2014

Gearhart v. Public Utility Commission

Citations

  • 356 Or. 216
  • 356 P.3d 216

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the PUC had implied authority to order PGE to issue refunds to ratepay- ers for amounts associated with a retired nuclear generat- ing facility
  • reading related stat- utes together and following legislature’s direction that laws administered by Public Utility Commission should be “liber- ally construed”
  • reading related statutes together and following legislature’s direction that laws administered by Public Utility Commission should be “liberally construed”
  • following the legislature’s direction that laws administered 532 Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Assn. v. Chin by the Public Utility Commission (PUC
  • reading related stat- utes together and following legislature’s direction that laws administered by Public Utility Commission should be “liber- ally construed”
  • stating, with respect to legal error, that \[u]sually the best approach is for the court to note the error and allow the agency to correct that error\

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Judges: Balmer

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