Harrisonville Telephone Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

The petitioners appeal from an original order and from an order on rehearing, both entered by the Illinois Commerce Commission. The original order was entered on September 18, 2001, and the order on rehearing was entered on March 13, 2002. At issue in this matter is the establishment of a state universal service fund for small rural telephone companies.

FACTS

Following the restructuring of the telecommunications industry in the 1980s, the federal and state governments enacted legislation designed to keep the playing field level for rural telephone companies and to ensure that telephone service…