In all complaints, proceedings, contests, or controversies by or before the Commission instituted by the Commonwealth or by the Commission of its own motion, the Commonwealth shall be complainant, and the party against whom the complaint is preferred, or the proceeding instituted, shall be the defendant. Any party complainant or defendant in any complaint, proceeding, contest, or controversy shall be entitled to process, to convene parties, compel the attendance of witnesses, or the production of books, papers, and documents in any proceeding or hearing before the Commission.
Code 1950, § 12-52; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 12.1 - State Corporation Commission
Chapter 5 - Procedure Before the Commission and Appeals
§ 12.1-25. Rules of practice and procedure
§ 12.1-27. Commonwealth to be complainant, etc.; parties entitled to process
§ 12.1-30. Rules of evidence to be as in courts of record
§ 12.1-30.1. Meetings and communications between commissioners and parties or staff
§ 12.1-32. Costs, fees, and expenses
§ 12.1-33. Fine for disobedience of Commission orders
§ 12.1-34. Punishment for contempt
§ 12.1-35. Judgments to be in favor of Commonwealth
§ 12.1-36. Time judgment takes effect; interest
§ 12.1-37. Lien of judgment; docketing
§ 12.1-38. Concurrent jurisdiction of Commission and courts
§ 12.1-40. Method of taking and prosecuting appeals