Auten v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n

Pierron, J.:

The appellants, Joe Auten and Paul McMahon, appeal a decision of the district court, affirming the Kansas Corporation Commission’s (KCC) dismissal of their claim against Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (Bell). The appellants ar gue the KCC and the district court erred in finding that Bell was not in violation of K.S.A. 66-109 when Bell’s pay telephones would not make change for amounts received in excess of 350 for a local phone call.

The facts in this case are straightforward and undisputed. The appellants filed a two-count class action in Wyandotte County District Court…