Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

On July 2, 1976, Illinois Bell filed proposed tariffs with the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission), which, if approved, would have given Illinois Bell an estimated *110,000,000 of additional annual revenue. On May 25, 1977, the Commission entered its final order and approved rates intended to yield approximately *9,000,000 of additional annual income. Illinois Bell appealed that order to the circuit court of Sangamon County. The circuit court reversed the order of the Commission and remanded, holding (1) the Commission’s order is unsupported by legally required specific findings of fact,…