AT&T Communications of the Southwest, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and GTE Southwest Incorporated

POWERS, Justice.

AT & T Communications of the Southwest, Inc. (AT & T) sued the Public Utility Commission for judicial review of a final order issued by the Commission in a contested case. 1 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWB) and GTE Southwest Incorporated (GTE) intervened in the district-court suit to defend the Commission order. AT & T appeals from the district-court judgment affirming the order. We will affirm the district-court judgment.

THE CONTROVERSY

AT & T, SWB, and GTE submitted competing bids for the contract right to provide the State of Texas long-distance telephone service —…