TURFWAY LINES, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, PETITIONER,
v.
WILLIAM T. MAYO, JERRY W. CARTER AND EDWIN L. MASON, AS AND CONSTITUTING THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, RESPONDENT

Fla. | 1968-09-25
No. 36890
CALDWELL, C. J., and ROBERTS, DREW, THORNAL and ERVIN, JJ., concur.
214 So. 2d 482 Florida Supreme Court (1968) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

The Florida Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari, upholding the Florida Public Service Commission's order that granted sightseeing transportation authority to two companies. The petitioner failed to demonstrate a departure from essential legal requirements.


Holding

No, the Florida Public Service Commission did not depart from the essential requirements of law. The petitioner failed to demonstrate any such departure.


Key Quotes

“This cause having heretofore been submitted to the Court on Petition for Writ of Certiorari upon the transcript of record and briefs and argument of counsel for the respective parties, to review the order of the Florida Public Service Commission, viz., Order No. 7712, dated September 22, 1967, denying reconsideration of Order No. 7605 entered June 23, 1967, as amended by Order No. 7605-A, entered July 17, 1967, which granted certain sightseeing transportation authority, etc., to Wylly's Sportsman, Inc. and Gray Lines Sightseeing Tours, Inc.;”

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The Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) issued an order granting sightseeing transportation authority to Wylly's Sportsman, Inc. and Gray Lines S…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This cause having heretofore been submitted to the Court on Petition for Writ of Certiorari upon the transcript of record and briefs and argument of counsel for the respective parties, to review the order of the Florida Public Service Commission, viz., Order No. 7712, dated September 22, 1967, denying reconsideration of Order No. 7605 entered June 23, 1967, as amended by Order No. 7605-A, entered July 17, 1967, which granted certain sightseeing transportation authority, etc., to Wylly’s Sportsman, Inc. and Gray Lines Sightseeing Tours, Inc.; and the Petitioner having failed to show a departure from essential requirements of law, it is ordered that said Petition be and the same is hereby denied.

It is so ordered.

CALDWELL, C. J., and ROBERTS, DREW, THORNAL and ERVIN, JJ., concur.


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    …*139] PER CURIAM. On September 25, 1968, this Court suspended respondent Richard H. Pritikin, a member of The Florida Bar, for a period of three years, and thereafter until rehabilitation was demonstrated. After the announcement of this decision in 214 So. 2d 482 (Fla.1968), another complaint against respondent, arising out of the same general scheme or transaction, came on for hearing. Now the referee has recommended an additional two-year suspension. The Florida Bar seeks to have more stringent penalties i…
  • …on or condition of the authority therein granted to Wylly’s. The proceedings were thoroughly litigated, taken to the Supreme Court on petition by one of the protestants (Turfway Lines, Inc.), where certiorari was denied. Turfway Lines, Inc. v. Mayo, 214 So. 2d 482 (Fla. 1968). The examiner in the pending proceeding under docket no. 7308-CCB took official notice of the statements made by Wylly’s officer. However, the taking of such official notice was improper and contrary to the provisions of commission rule…

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