Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Arizona Corp. Commission

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Presiding Judge.

In 1978, this Court rendered its decision in Scates v. Arizona Corporation Commission, 118 Ariz. 531, 578 P.2d 612 (App.1978). We held that an increase in rates for certain services by appellant, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, was invalid because the Corporation Commission’s approval of the rate hike violated Article XV, § 14, of the Arizona Constitution. The Arizona Supreme Court denied review of that decision. After issuance of the mandate requiring the Corporation Commission to set the rate increase aside, the Corporation Commission…