Illinois Telephone Ass'n v. Illinois Commerce Commission

Defendant-appellant Illinois Commerce Commission (hereinafter ICC or Commission), after holding hearings, issued revised rules governing credit policies of all public utilities, including telephone companies. The plaintiff, Illinois Telephone Association, an unincorporated organization of Illinois Telephone utilities, appealed the ICC’s decision to the circuit court. The trial court set aside the ICC order because it failed to make the findings of facts mandatorily required by section 65 of “An Act concerning public utilities” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. Ill 2/3, par. 69). The circuit court…