MOUNTAIN STATES TEL. & TEL. CO. v. PUBLIC UTIL. COM'N

Nos. 25965, 25975 and 25984.

527 P.2d 524 (1974)

The MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, a Colorado corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION of the State of Colorado et al., Defendants-Appellees. The COLORADO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, a Colorado Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION of the State of Colorado et al., Defendants-Appellees. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE on behalf of the Department of Defense and all other Executive Agencies of the United States, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION of the State of Colorado et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

September 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Akolt, Dick, Rovira, DeMuth & Eiberger, Stuart S. Gunckel, Denver, for plaintiff-appellant, Mountain Bell.

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., Denver, John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., Eugene C. Cavaliere, James K. Tarpey, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for defendants-appellees, Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado and the members thereof.

Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker & Grover, Leonard M. Campbell, Howard J. Beck, Kenneth G. Bueche, Wheat Ridge, for plaintiff-appellant, Colorado Municipal League.

James L. Treece, U. S. Atty., Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Donald Etra, Robert E. Kopp, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and John W. Madden, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., for plaintiffs-appellants, Secretary of Defense.


As Modified on Denial of Rehearings in Nos. 25975 and 25965.

GROVES, Justice.

This appeal involves objections to telephone rates set by the Public Utilities Commission. The district court affirmed, as do we.

The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, here called Mountain Bell, on January 27, 1972, filed an advice letter with the Commission, containing tariff revisions. C.R.S. 1963, 115-3-4. The proposed revisions provided for an across-the...

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