MOUNTAIN STATES ETC. v. DEPT. OF PUB. SERV.

No. 80-99.

624 P.2d 481 (1981)

MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, a Colorado Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION, Montana Public Service Commission et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 5, 1981.

Rehearing Denied March 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughes, Bennett, Kellner & Sullivan, Helena, J. Walter Hyer, III, argued, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff and appellant.

Calvin K. Simshaw, argued, M.P.S.C., Helena, James C. Paine, Montana Consumer Counsel, Helena, John Allen, argued, Consumer Counsel, Helena, for defendants and respondents.


HASWELL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company (Mountain Bell) from a judgment of the District Court in a utility rate case. The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) granted Mountain Bell an annual rate increase totalling $3,097,000 as compared to the $11.83 million sought. The District Court concurred. We affirm.

Mountain Bell petitioned the PSC for utility rate increases that would generate $11.83 million...

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