ILL. BELL TEL. CO. v. COMM. COM.

No. 45866.

55 Ill.2d 461 (1973)

303 N.E.2d 364

ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GORDON W. WINKS, HOWARD J. TRIENENS, and R. EDEN MARTIN, all of Chicago, and LAMBERT M. OCHSENSCHLAGER, of Aurora (REID, OCHSENSCHLAGER, MURPHY & HUPP, SIDLEY & AUSTIN, and DONALD H. SHARP, of counsel), for appellant Illinois Bell Telephone Company.

RICHARD L. CURRY, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (WILLIAM R. QUINLAN, BERNARD RANE, and MARK GOLDSTEIN, Assistants Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellant City of Chicago.

ARAM A. HARTUNIAN, of PRESSMAN & HARTUNIAN, of Chicago, for appellant Independent Voters of Illinois.

ROBERT E. FITZGERALD, JR., of Chicago, for appellant System Council T-4, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield (PETER A. FASSEAS, Special Assistant Attorney General, JAMES R. SULLIVAN and ROBERT H. WIORSKI, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellee Illinois Commerce Commission.

ANTHONY R. MARTIN-TRIGONA, pro se, appellee.

GEORGE B. PLETSCH, WILLIAM T. HART, HARRY R. BEGLEY, CHARLES A. BANE, and RICHARD G. FERGUSON, all of Chicago (SCHIFF, HARDIN & WAITE, DEFREES & FISKE, and ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE, of counsel), for amici curiae Illinois Power Company et al.

JUSTIN A. STANLEY, ROBERT A. HELMAN, and JOHN N. VANDER VRIES, all of Chicago (MAYER, BROWN & PLATT, and CHAPMAN & CUTLER, of counsel), for amici curiae General Telephone Company of Illinois et al.

JOSEPH M. WELLS, WAYNE D. JOHNSON, and JAMES HINCHLIFF, all of Chicago, for amicus curiae Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company.

DON H. REUBEN, JACK S. LEVIN, JAMES C. MUNSON, STEVEN P. HANDLER, and JOHN R. TEITGEN, all of Chicago (KIRKLAND & ELLIS, of counsel), for amicus curiae Arthur Andersen & Co.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Illinois Bell Telephone Company, hereafter called Bell, the City of Chicago, hereafter called the City, System Council T-4 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, hereafter called the Union, and Independent Voters of Illinois, hereafter called IVI, filed notices of appeal to the appellate court from the judgment of the circuit...

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