Hamm v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Harwell, Justice:

This case involves a question regarding the enforcement of this Court’s prior opinion in Hamm v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph, Co., — S.C. —, 394 S.E. (2d) 311 (1990), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 111 S. Ct. 1018, 112 L. Ed. (2d) 1099 (1991) (Hamm I). In Hamm I, we “reversed” a previously approved rate increase requested by respondent Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company (Southern Bell) and remitted the case to the circuit court, the court below, as required by S.C. Code Ann. § 18-9-270 (1985). Southern Bell contended below that since this Court failed to…