Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Illinois Commerce Comm'n

THIRD DIVISION DECEMBER 23, 2009 No. 1-08-2859 ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, ) Petition for Review of ) Order of the Illinois Petitioner, ) Commerce Commission ) v. ) Appeal of I.C.C. ) Docket No. 07-0629 ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, ) ) Respondent. ) JUSTICE COLEMAN delivered the opinion of the court: Illinois Bell Telephone Company appeals a decision of the Illinois Commerce Commission determining that it violated the Public Utilities Act (220 ILCS 5/13-514 (West 2006)), which provides that a telecommunications carrier “shall not knowingly impede the development of competition in any…