Legal Opinion
US West Communications, Inc. v. Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 26, 1999No. 97SA438PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kourlis
In this case, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC or Commission) appeals an order of the Denver District Court setting aside two PUC rules concerning nondiscriminatory access to “premium listings”1 and “guide pages”2 in white pages telephone directories. The PUC issued these rules pursuant to Colorado’s 1995 telecommunications deregulation act, which opened the local telephone market in Colorado to competition after over eight decades of operation as a regulated monopoly. See ch. 182, see. 1, §§ 40-15-501 to -511, 1995 Colo. Sess. Laws, at 746-58 (codified at sections 40-15-501 to -…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for BroadcastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Citizens for Free Enterprise v. Department of RevenueSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
- Regular Route Common Carrier Conference of the Colorado Motor Carriers Ass'n v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
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3Cited by2 opinions
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