Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utility Commission

*506DENTON, Justice.

This is a telephone rate case brought under the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1446c.1 Southwestern Bell filed an appeal from the Public Utility Commission’s order and asked for a temporary injunction or stay order, pursuant to Section 85 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act conditioned upon giving a bond sufficient to protect its customers. The trial court denied the application and held that the manner of review authorized by PURA was other than by trial de novo and that judicial review was limited to the record made before the Commission. The…