SOUTHERN PAC. COMMUNICATIONS v. CORP. COM'N

No. 49457.

586 P.2d 327 (1978)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. CORPORATION COMMISSION of Oklahoma, the State of Oklahoma and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, a corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing November 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Norman, Rizley, Prichard, Norman & Reed, Tulsa, Richard S. Kopf, San Francisco, Cal., Herbert E. Forrest, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Robert D. Allen, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


DOOLIN, Justice:

This is a jurisdictional problem matching intrastate regulation by the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma against interstate regulation by the Federal Communications Commission. Appellant, Southern Pacific Communications Company (Southern), as successor in interest to United Video, is a specialized common carrier with authority from Oklahoma Corporation Commission (Commission) to operate intrastate

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