PETITION OF NEW ULM TELECOM, INC.

No. CO-86-1100.

399 N.W.2d 111 (1987)

In the Matter of the Petition of NEW ULM TELECOM, INC., f.k.a. New Ulm Rural Telephone Company, Minnesota Valley Telephone Company, Winthrop Telephone Company, Clements Telephone Company, and Redwood County Telephone Company for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide and Operate a Telephone System between and in the Vicinity of St. George, Franklin, Redwood County, Winthrop, and New Ulm, Minnesota. In the Matter of the Petition of SLEEPY EYE TELEPHONE COMPANY for Approval of Microwave Facility.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

January 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Olson, Berens, Rodenberg, O'Connor, Olson, Hinnenthal & Tuttle, New Ulm, for Relator New Ulm Telecom.

John B. Van de North, Jr., Briggs and Morgan, St. Paul, for respondent AT & T Communications of Midwest.

Steven D. Emmings, Carey & Emmings, Ltd., Fairfax, for Relators Redwood County Telephone; Winthrop Telephone; Minnesota Valley Telephone and Clements Telephone.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Dennis D. Ahlers, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Residential Utilities Division.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Ann M. Seha, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Dept. of Public Services.

Richard J. Johnson, Moss & Barnett, Minneapolis, for Relator Sleepy Eye Telephone.

James A. Gallagher, Seth M. Colton, Maun, Green, Hayes, Simon, Johanneson and Brehl, St. Paul, Stephen T. Refsell, Minneapolis, for respondent Northwestern Bell.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Karl W. Sonneman, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent Minnesota Public Utilities Comm.

Heard, considered and decided by FOLEY, P.J., and SEDGWICK and FORSBERG, JJ.


OPINION

FOLEY, Judge.

This is a case involving the right of a group of independently-owned local exchange telephone companies called the New Ulm Toll Project (NUTP) to establish and operate an inter-exchange microwave toll system in the New Ulm area and to replace Northwestern Bell Telephone Company (NWB) as the designated "1 + dialing" carrier.

A petition seeking a certificate of public convenience and necessity to establish and operate the microwave...

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