Fields v. Davis

Petitioner appeals from the trial court’s order affirming the decision of the Public Utility Commissioner (Commissioner) as to the legality of several aspects of petitioner’s relationship with Pacific Northwest Bell (PNB).

Petitioner operates a public land mobile radio service, and is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as a miscellaneous common carrier. 1 The subscribers to petitioner’s service communicate by radio with petitioner’s base stations, which in turn afford the subscribers access to PNB’s telephone landlines. Thus petitioner’s subscribers are able to communicate…