Lavaca Telephone Co. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission

John E. Jennings, Judge.

Lavaca Telephone Company, Inc., Northern Arkansas Telephone Company, Southwest Arkansas Telephone Cooperative, Inc., and Walnut Hill Telephone Company appeal Orders No. 9 and 11 entered by the Arkansas Public Service Commission in Docket No. 97-040-R. Their sole point on appeal is that the Commission’s adoption of Rules of Practice and Procedure, General Service Rules, and Telecommunications Provider Rules in Orders No. 9 and 11 is unlawful because the rules do not comply with the statutory mandates of Act 77 of 1997, the Telecommunications Regulatory Reform Act of…