Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of California

Pacific Gas (plaintiff) included its own newsletter with political editorials and other content in monthly customer bills, and the California Public Utilities Commission (defendant) ordered it to instead include content from advocacy group TURN at least four times a year, reasoning customers effectively paid for the envelope space; the Commission also reserved discretion to approve or reject other advocacy groups based on their views. Pacific Gas sued, challenging the requirement as compelled speech violating the First Amendment.