GENERAL TELEPHONE CO. OF NORTHWEST, INC. v. UTILS. & TRANSP. COM'N

No. 50995-6.

104 Wn.2d 460 (1985)

706 P.2d 625

GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE NORTHWEST, INC., Respondent, v. THE UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and James R. Cunningham and Robert Daniel Cedarbaum, Assistants, for petitioner.

L. Russell Mitten II (Marilyn B. Vogel, of counsel), for respondent.


CALLOW, J.

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission appeals a supersedeas order that permits the General Telephone Company of the Northwest (GTNW) to charge higher interim rates than the Commission had allowed. The Commission argues that (1) the Superior Court engaged in ratemaking, thereby exceeding the scope of its statutory authority to grant interim relief; and (2) the supersedeas order failed to meet the statutory

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