MT. STATES, ETC. v. DEPT. OF PUB. SERV. REG.

No. 80-448.

634 P.2d 181 (1981)

The MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, Mountain States Legal Foundation, et al., Intervenors and Appellants, v. The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATION, The Public Service Commission of the State of Montana, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided September 8, 1981.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Walter Hyer, III, argued, Hughes, Bennett, Kellner & Sullivan, Helena, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Maxwell Miller and R. Norman Cramer, argued, Denver, Colo., for intervenors and appellants.

Eileen E. Shore, argued, P.S.C., James Payne, John C. Allen, argued, Montana Consumer Counsel, Roger Tippy, Alan Joscelyn, John R. Kline, Helena, for defendants and respondents.


SHEEHY, Justice.

This appeal arises out of the denial by the District Court, First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, of a petition for declaratory judgment by Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company (Mountain Bell) that the Public Service Commission (PSC) issue a protective order preserving the confidentiality of certain trade secrets claimed by Mountain Bell to be a valuable property right.

Mountain Bell is a public utility incorporated in...

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