Intermountain Telephone & Power Co. v. Department of Public Service Regulation

On April 2, 1980, the Public Service Commission (PSC) conducted a public hearing in Custer, Montana, concerning the quality of telephone service being provided to the area by Intermountain Telephone and Power Company (Inter-mountain). The PSC issued a final order October 27, 1980, stating that the service was not “reasonably adequate.” Intermountain petitioned the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District for judicial review of that order. The District Court affirmed the order of the PSC August 12, 1981, and issued a final judgment to that effect September 15, 1981. Intermountain now…