William Mirin Dba Strip Cab Co., and Raymond Chenoweth, Dba Nellis Cab Co., and v. Taxi Cab Authority of Clark County, Nevada, And

On December 14, 1966, the Public Service Commission of the State of Nevada (hereinafter the Commission) issued an order which allocated among the several competing companies doing business in Clark County, Nevada, the number of taxicabs serving that area. Appellants were alloted one taxicab each. A second order promulgated by the Commission on December 18, 1967, expanded the area in which appellants could conduct their business and increased their taxicab allotment. As a result of numerous events not germane to our resolution of this appeal, the allocation order of December 14, 1966, was reinstated. In Checker, Inc., v. Public Service Commission, 446 P.2d 981, 988 (Nev.1968), the Nevada Supreme Court sustained the propriety of the Commission’s apportionment of taxicabs among Clark County’s taxicab carriers: “ * * * we hold that the power to regulate includes the power to allocate the number of taxicabs serving an area, and when that need in the public interest exists, the Commission has the duty to do so”. Because several companies had relied on its invalid ex parte orders, the Commission was directed by the Court “to hold another hearing within a reasonable time to consider the…