Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission

OPINION

SOSA, Chief Justice.

This proceeding arises under the New Mexico Telecommunications Act (the Act), NMSA 1978, Sections 63-9A-1 to -20 (Cum. Supp.1988, now Repl.Pamp.1989). The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, d/b/a U S West Communications (U S West), formerly Mountain Bell, appeals from an order of the New Mexico State Corporation Commission (the Commission) denying U S West’s petition for detariffing public and semi-public telephone services, both coin and coinless 1 The order was based on the Commission’s determination that the services are not subject to effective…