Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Oklahoma Corp. Commission

Southwestern Bell Company (SWB) contends that it is entitled to a stay of the effectiveness of three rules or regulations of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) pursuant to art. IX, § 21, Okla. Const.1 SWB does not challenge the rule-making process — neither the validity of the adopting order nor the gubernatorial and legislative approval. SWB does not challenge all the regulations adopted by the order which it asks this Court to stay. SWB challenges only those regulations requiring it to modernize and upgrade the central offices in some sixty sparsely populated areas of this State,…