SO. CENTRAL BELL TEL. CO. v. LA. PUB. SERV. COM'N

No. 58558.

340 So.2d 1300 (1976)

SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellant, v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman C. Frost, J. Robert Fitzgerald, Birmingham, Ala., M. Robert Sutherland, Victor A. Sachse, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Marshall B. Brinkley, Gen. Counsel, LPSC, Baton Rouge, Saul Stone, Michael R. Fontham, Anthony M. DiLeo, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The issue posed by this appeal is whether, pending review of its application to secure higher rates, the plaintiff utility is entitled to interim relief, by way of preliminary injunction, permitting it to charge increased rates allegedly shown to be justified by affidavits filed on its behalf.

By the principal demand, the plaintiff utility ("South Central Bell") seeks judicial review of the defendant commission's denial of a rate increase. Suit...

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