INDIANA TELEPHONE ASS'N v. PUBLIC SERVICE COM'N

No. 2-983A324.

477 N.E.2d 911 (1985)

INDIANA TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION, Inc., Appellant (Intervenor below), v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee (Tribunal below), and Mci Telecommunications Corporation, Gte Sprint Communications Corporation, Communications Corporation of Indiana, Inc., Home Telephone Company, Inc., (Waldron), Home Telephone Company of Pittsboro, Inc., Elnora Telephone Company, Inc., Mid-Indiana Communications Corporation, General Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc., Bloomingdale Home Telephone Company, Inc., Camden Telephone Company, Inc., Central Indiana Telephone Company, Inc., Cincinnati Bell, Inc., Citizens Telephone Company, Inc., Citizens Telephone Corp., Liberty Center Telephone Corp., Clay County Rural Telephone Co-Op, Inc., Continental Telephone System of Indiana, Inc., Continental Telephone Company of Indiana, Craigville Telephone Company, Inc., Daviess-Martin Company Rural Telephone Corp., Elberfeld Telephone Company, Inc., Garrett Telephone Company, Inc., Gettingsville Telephone Company, Hancock Rural Telephone Corporation, Communications Corporation of Indiana, Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc., Ligonier Telephone Company, Inc., Merchants & Farmers Telephone Company, Mid-American Communications Corp., Mid-Indiana Telephone Corp., Monon Telephone Company, Monrovia Telephone Corporation, Mulberry Cooperative Telephone Company, Inc., New Lisbon Telephone Company, New Paris Telephone Company, Inc., Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company, Inc., Odon & Madison Twp. Telephone Company, Inc., Perry-Spencer Rural Telephone Coop, Inc., Poseyville Telephone Company, Inc., Princeton Telephone Company, Pulaski-White Rural Coop, Inc., Rochester Telephone Company, S & W Telephone Company, Inc., Smithville Telephone Company, Inc., Southeastern Indiana Rural Telephone Coop., Sunman Telephone Company, Swayzee Telephone Company, Inc., Sweetzer Telephone Company, Inc., Thorntown Telephone Company, Inc., Tipton Telephone Company, Inc., Tri-County Telephone Company, Inc., United Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc., Wadesville Telephone Company, Inc., Washington County Rural Telephone Coop, West Point Telephone Company, Inc., and Yeoman Telephone Company, Appellees (Respondents below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District.

May 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry P. Belknap, Richard E. Deer, Ronald E. Christian, Indianapolis, for appellant Indiana Telephone Ass'n, Inc.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Robert K. Johnson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee, Public Service Com'n.

Birch Bayh, Daniel Evans, Jr., James T. Smith, David M. Brooks, Indianapolis, for appellee MCI Telecommunications Corp.

Michael J. Huston, Fred E. Schlegel and Mary M. Stanley, Indianapolis, Robert L. Sills, New York City, for appellee GTE Sprint Communications Corp.

Robert L. Dalmbert, Columbus, for appellee Mid-American Communications Corp.

Don S. Holdridge, Fort Wayne, for appellee Gen. Telephone Co. of Indiana, Inc.

John C. Carvey, Indianapolis, for appellees Communications Corp. of Indiana, Inc., Home Telephone Co., Inc. (Waldron), Home Telephone Co. of Pittsboro, Inc., Elnora Telephone Co., Inc., Tri-County Telephone Co., Inc.

Richard L. Besore, Indianapolis, for appellee Indiana Bell Telephone Co.


SHIELDS, Judge.

Indiana Telephone Association (ITA) challenges a decision of the Public Service Commission (Commission) granting certificates of territorial authority (CTA) to provide intercity telecommunications services within Indiana to MCI Telecommunications Corporation (MCI) and GTE Sprint Communications Corporation (GTE). The issue presented for our consideration is whether the Commission has authority to grant to foreign corporations CTAs for telephone services...

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