MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Montana Department of Public Service Regulation

This is appeal by MCI Telecommunications Corp. (MCI) from the order of the District Court of the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, which granted defendants’ Motion to Dismiss appellant’s Petition for Judicial Review. The District Court denied judicial review of the Public Service Commission’s order on the grounds that the District Court lacked jurisdiction over the petition. We reverse.

The sole issue for our review is whether Rule 6(e), M.R.Civ.P., applies to petitions in district courts for judicial review of administrative decisions.

After several proceedings in this…