Citizens Coop Gin v. General Telephone Co. of the Southwest

Appellants, Citizens Coop Gin and South Plains Telephone Cooperative, Inc., appeal from a judgment of the district court of Travis County which reversed an order of appellee, Public Utility Commission,1 and remanded the matter for further proceedings. We will affirm the order of the district court.

South Plains and appellee, General Telephone Company of the Southwest, are retail public utilities that provide telephone service in Hockley County, Texas, pursuant to certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the Commission. Tex. Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1446c, § 50 et seq.…