Legal Opinion

MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Public Service Commission

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 18, 1991Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Yesawich Jr., J.

On July 14, 1989, respondent AT&T Communications of New York, Inc. sought approval from respondent Public Service Commission (hereinafter the PSC) to revise its tariff schedules to include "special pricing arrangements”. These amendments would permit AT&T to negotiate individualized case-pricing contracts. At the suggestion of the PSC’s staff, the proposed tariff was further revised to provide that these rates were to "be made available to similarly situated customers on a non-discriminatory basis”.*

Petitioner and another common carrier commenced CPLR…

2Cases cited5 opinions

Consumer Protection Board v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
New York Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
City of New York v. New York Telephone Co.New York Supreme Court · 1921
Farr v. New York Herald Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
The City of New York v. . New York Telephone CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1923