Golden Gate Scenic Steamship Lines Inc. V. Public Utilities Commission

Petitioners (Harbor Tours, Inc., and Golden Gate Scenic Steamship Lines, Inc.) seek to obtain annulment of an order of the Public Utilities Commission which found that they had violated section 1007 of the Public Utilities Code by operating, or causing to be operated, vessels for the transportation of persons for compensation between points in this state without first obtaining from the commission a certificate of convenience and necessity. The commission on its own motion had ordered an investigation into the operations and practices of petitioners.