State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone v. Brown

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Relator, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (Bell), filed an original action in prohibition in the Court of Appeals, Western District, seeking to prohibit respondent trial judge from retaining jurisdiction over a writ of review of an order of the Public Service Commission (PSC) filed by Bell in the circuit court and voluntarily dismissed by Bell, the PSC and the Office of Public Counsel. The court of appeals issued its preliminary rule in prohibition; following a hearing, however, that court quashed its preliminary rule. A dissenting judge…