Washington Independent Telephone Ass'n v. Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission

The Washington Independent Telephone Association (the Association), a trade organization of independent rural telephone companies, claims that the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (the Commission) violated the Association members’ due process rights by designating, at an open public meeting, an additional telecommunications provider in the rural areas previously served exclusively by the Association members. The Association members argue that, as recipients of federal funding, they had a property interest in their designations as sole telecommunications providers and that…