State ex rel. Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri, Relator, v. The Honorable Randall R. Jackson, Judge, Division No. 1, Circuit Court of Buchanan County, Respondent.

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Case Style: State ex rel. Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri, Relator, v. The Honorable Randall R. Jackson, Judge, Division No. 1, Circuit Court of Buchanan County, Respondent. Case Number: SC83414 Handdown Date: 05/31/2001 Appeal From: ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION Counsel for Appellant: Keith R. Krueger, Dana K. Joyce, Cliff E. Snodgrass, Robert V. Franson Counsel for Respondent: Stuart W. Conrad, Jeremiah D. Finnegan, John B. Coffman, James M. Fischer, James B. Deutsch, Henry T. Herschel, Karl Zobrist, Timothy G. Swensen, Leland B. Curtis and John F. Burns Opinion Summary: None Citation: Opinion Author: PER CURIAM Opinion Vote: WRIT MADE ABSOLUTE. Price, C.J., Limbaugh, White, Holstein, Wolff and Benton, JJ., concur. Stith, J., not participating. Opinion: The Public Service Commission, as relator, brings this petition for writ of prohibition to prevent the respondent trial judge from proceeding on a petition for writ of review in the Missouri-American Water Company rate case. This petition for writ of prohibition raises the same issues as discussed in the Court's opinion in State ex rel. Public Service Commission v. Dally, decided this day. For reasons set forth in the accompanying opinion, in State ex rel. Public Service Commission v. Dally, this Court makes absolute its preliminary order of prohibition. The circuit court for Buchanan County is directed to dismiss the underlying petition for review. Separate Opinion: None

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