Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Consolidated Telephone Co.

This case involves the question of whether a telephone company holding certificates of public convenience and necessity for furnishing local exchange service to a number of communities within an overall area can displace an existing long distance telephone common carrier service and duplicate long distance facilities between its own local exchanges and exchange areas.

The defendant, Consolidated Telephone Company, furnishes the local exchange service to the municipalities of Mema, Anselmo, Dunning, Thedford, Seneca, Mullen, Brewster, and Brownlee. Complainant, Northwestern Bell Telephone…