STATE v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL. CO.

No. B-5327.

526 S.W.2d 526 (1975)

The STATE of Texas, Petitioner, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Stockton, Fisher & Willatt, Mike Willatt, Austin, for petitioner.

Clark, Thomas, Denius, Winters & Shapiro, Donald Scott Thomas, Austin, Sears & Burns, Will Sears, Houston, Ford W. Hall, Dallas, for respondent.


STEAKLEY, Justice.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Respondent, is a public utility furnishing telephone service to the people of Texas, interstate and intrastate. At this time it is statutorily unregulated as to the intrastate rates it charges in Texas.1

On January 30, 1975, Bell announced a long distance intrastate telephone rate increase to become effective March 1, 1975. It was...

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