APPLICATION OF NORTHWESTERN BELL TEL. CO.

No. 13624.

326 N.W.2d 100 (1982)

In the Matter of the Application of NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY For an Increase in Intrastate Rates.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Atkinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellant State; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Walter Washington, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellee South Dakota Public Utilities Com'n.

John L. Morgan of Morgan, Fuller, Theeler & Cogley, Mitchell, for appellee Northwestern Bell Tel. Co.; James S. Nelson of Costello, Porter, Hill, Nelson, Heisterkamp & Bushnell, Rapid City, William K. Schaphorst and Melvin R. Quinlan, Omaha, Neb., on brief.


HURD, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the State from an order of the circuit court affirming a decision of appellee South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) denying appellee Northwestern Bell Telephone Company's (Bell) motion for immediate rate relief. We dismiss the appeal as moot.

On January 30, 1981, Bell filed an application with the PUC for authority to increase its intrastate rates. Simultaneous with said general rate application, Bell filed...

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