HECHT CO. v. C & P TELEPHONE CO.

No. 147, September Term, 1984.

310 Md. 148 (1987)

528 A.2d 474

THE HECHT COMPANY AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Reyner, Jr. (Steven A. Levy, John C. Keeney, Jr. and Hogan & Hartson on the brief), Washington, D.C., for appellant, The Hecht Co.

Kirk J. Emge, General Counsel (Sandra Hall-Eckroade, Asst. General Counsel, on the brief), Baltimore, Md., for appellant, The Public Service Com'n of Maryland.

D. Michael Stroud, Baltimore, Md. (J. William Sarver, Baltimore, Md.; Alfred Winchell Whittaker, Joyce L. Bernstein and Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C. and Albert D. Brault, Janet S. Zigler and Brault, Graham, Scott & Brault, Rockville, Md., on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

This case involves a billing dispute between the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland (C & P) and one of its customers, The Hecht Company (Hecht). The question presented is whether C & P's interstate tariff rate filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)1 or C & P's intrastate tariff rate filed with the Public Service Commission of Maryland (PSC)2 should...

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