Procedural Background

Franklin's filing for formal Commission consideration of his request for a permit resulted from a January 3, 2001 administrative decision that declined to issue the requested permit.

On March 15, 2001, the Commission issued Resolution ALJ-176-3059, which, among other things, preliminarily categorized this proceeding as ratesetting and indicated that a hearing was not expected. On March 16, 2001, the Commission published notice in its Daily Calendar of these preliminary determinations and noted the assignment of Commissioner Brown and Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Sullivan to the proceeding.

On March 16, 2001, CSD filed a protest of Franklin's application.

On April 27, 2001, a telephonic prehearing conference (PHC) took place with Commissioner Brown, ALJ Sullivan and the parties. At the PHC, the parties stated that they hoped to avoid evidentiary hearings through a stipulation of facts. ALJ Sullivan also requested that Franklin provide official reports on his criminal record to the Commission for its consideration. He scheduled a second PHC for June 6, 2001.

On May 2, 2001, Commissioner Brown issued a Scoping Memo detailing a program for managing the proceeding and confirming the Commission's preliminary determination that the proceeding constituted "ratesetting" and that no hearings would prove necessary. The ruling identified the scope of the proceeding as determining whether to issue a household goods carrier permit to Franklin.

On May 17, 2001, Franklin provided the supplemental materials requested by ALJ Sullivan at the PHC.

On June 6, 2001, the Commission held a second PHC to consider the supplemental information titled "Additional Presentation and Proof of Fitness" and prepared by Franklin. In addition, CSD and Franklin announced that they had reached an agreement in principle concerning issues in this proceeding. CSD stated that it had no objections to the filing of Franklin's supplemental information.

On June 9, 2001, ALJ Sullivan issued a ruling ordering Franklin to file his additional materials and set July 9, 2001 as a date for the joint submission of a Settlement.

On June 23, 2001, Franklin filed his supplemental materials following the directions of the June 9 ruling.

On July 11, 2001, the parties filed the Settlement and the case was thereby considered submitted.