 He asked to two lower courts in Milan (two different "Giudice Conciliatore") to ascertain that the real creditor of his electricity bill (a relatively small amount of money, 1,925 lire) was the nationalised company, Edisonvolta, and not the newly established state company, Enel.He argued that the nationalisation of the electricity industry violated the Treaty of Rome and the Italian Constitution.The first "Giudice Conciliatore" of Milan referred the case to the Italian Constitutional Court and the second "Giudice Conciliatore" referred it to the European Court of Justice.