GTE SPRINT COMM. v. P.S.C. OF S.C.

22480

288 S.C. 174 (1986)

341 S.E.2d 126

GTE SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Appellant v. The PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Telecommunications Systems, Inc., Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Communications of the Southern States, Inc., United Telephone Company of the Carolinas, and the Consumer Advocate for the State of South Carolina, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Bender, of Belser, Baker, Barwick, Ravenel, Toal & Bender, Columbia, and Phyllis A. Whitten, of GTE Sprint Communications Corp., Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Arthur G. Fusco and Sarena K. Dickerson, of the South Carolina Public Service Com'n, Columbia, for respondent The Public Service Com'n of South Carolina.

Mitchell M. Willoughby, of Willoughby & Scott, Columbia, for respondent Telecommunications Systems, Inc.

Fred A. Walters, of Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., and John D. Gregory, of Lewis, Babcock, Gregory & Pleicones, Columbia, for respondent Southern Bell Tel. and Tel. Co.

Francis P. Mood and Belton T. Zeigler, Boyd, Knowlton, Tate & Finlay, Columbia, for respondent AT&T Communications of the Southern States, Inc.

William F. Austin and Russell H. Putnam, Columbia, for respondent United Telephone Co. of the Carolinas.

Steven W. Hamm, Nancy J. Vaughn and Natalie J. Moore, all of the South Carolina Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Columbia, for respondent The Consumer Advocate for the State of South Carolina.


Heard Dec. 17, 1985.

Decided Feb. 25, 1986.

CHANDLER, Justice:

GTE Sprint Communications Corporation (GTE) appeals a Circuit Court Order which affirmed a Public Service Commission (PSC) Order. PSC denied GTE a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide unlimited intercity telecommunications services in South Carolina. Specifically, GTE was granted a certificate to provide inter-LATA service...

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