Continental Mobile Telephone Company, Inc. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Continental Mobile Telephone Company, Inc. (Continental), appeals from an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) which found that Chicago SMSA Limited Partnership (CSLP) did not engage in unfair and anticompetitive practices in providing Continental with cellular radio service. We consider: (1) whether this court should review the Commission’s decision de novo because the successor hearing examiner who issued the proposed decision did not conduct the hearing; (2) whether the assignment of a successor hearing officer…