Dobson Telephone Company v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Corporation Commission

WINCHESTER, J., ¶1 The issue before this Court is whether the Oklahoma Corporation Commission ("the Commission") erroneously withheld funding to be provided to Dobson Telephone Company d/b/a McLoud Telephone Company ("Dobson") pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund ("OUSF"), 17 O.S.Supp.2016, § 139.106. For the reasons set forth herein, we find that Dobson is entitled to the requested funding.

STATUTORY BACKGROUND

¶2 In 1996, the U.S. Congress passed the federal Telecommunications Act, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq ., in part, to promote a policy of universal service that…