U S West Communications, Inc. v. Wyoming Public Service Commission

The dissent asserts an inconsistency of result between this case and U S West Communications, Inc. v. Public Serv. Comm’n, 958 P.2d 371 (Wyo.1998). I feel compelled to defend the majority from th&t assertion.

The petition in this case was. filed and hearings were held before the Wyoming Telecommunications Act of 1995 was passed by the legislature; it was only the decision of the PSC that occurred after the new law went into effect. While the dissent recognizes the issues in the two cases are “substantially identical,” it avoids mention of the intervenor’s issue number 1 which is the…