South Central Bell Telephone Co. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission

BARHAM, Justice.

-South Central Bell Telephone Company filed a petition in the district court for injunctive relief against the Louisiana Public Service Commission. The petition was dismissed on exceptions, and we granted certiorari. For a clearer exposition of the present case we shall outline certain proceedings before the Public Service Commission although we are not directly concerned with those proceedings in this particular suit.

Basic intrastate telephone rates for South Central Bell Telephone Company, the plaintiff, were fixed by the Louisiana Public Service Commission under its…