Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided January 4, 1983No. WD32967PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

This case involves two rate proceedings, each initiated by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (“Bell”) at different times, which were formally consolidated by the Missouri Public Service Commission (“the Commission”), and also a third proceeding denominated as a “Cost of Service Study” which was implemented for the first time by the Commission’s order herein. An understanding of the issues presented by this complicated case requires a rather detailed statement of the procedural history.

On May 13, 1977, Bell filed tariffs to increase rates in the Kansas City exchange by…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
  2. In Re New England Tel. & Tel. Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1949
  3. State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. MorganSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1970
  4. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
  5. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State ex rel. GTE North, Inc. v. Missouri Public Service CommissionMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. State Ex Rel. Kirkpatrick v. Board of Election CommissionersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. Loving v. City of St. JosephMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. State Ex Rel. Pub. Counsel v. PUB. SERVICE COMM'NMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009
  5. State ex rel. Arkansas Power & Light Co. v. Missouri Public Service CommissionMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987

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