TELEPHONE USERS ASS'N v. PUBLIC SERVICE COM'N OF D. C.

Nos. 6819, 6846.

304 A.2d 293 (1973)

TELEPHONE USERS ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Respondent. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Intervenor. The CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Levetown, Washington, D. C., with whom Alfred Winchell Whittaker and John P. Barnes, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for the petitioner and the intervenor, The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co.

Arthur S. Curtis, Washington, D. C., for petitioner Tel. Users Ass'n.

C. Belden White, II, and Linus H. Deeny, Assistant Corp. Counsels, Washington, D. C., with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for respondent.

Before FICKLING, KERN and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

Telephone Users Association, Inc. (TUA) and the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (C&P) each filed a petition of appeal from an order entered by the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission) authorizing C&P to increase the rates it charged for telephone service rendered within the District of Columbia. We consolidated these appeals for argument and decision.

In essence, TUA contends that there...

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