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MATTER OF MINN. PUBLIC UTILITIES COM'N

Nos. C7-87-1296, C9-87-1297.

417 N.W.2d 274 (1987)

In the Matter of the MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION'S INITIATION OF SUMMARY INVESTIGATION of the Nature and Extent of Contacts Between Public Utilities and Telephone Companies and Former Minnesota Public Utilities Commissioners. In the Matter of the Petition of NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Minneapolis, Minnesota for Authority to Change its Schedule of Telephone Rates for Customers Within the State of Minnesota.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied March 18, 1988 and April 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan L. Grauer, Richard A. Karre, Omaha, Neb., Stephen T. Refsell, Minneapolis, James A. Gallagher, Maun, Green, Hayes, Simon, Johnanneson and Brehl, St. Paul, for relator N.W. Bell Telephone.

Karl W. Sonneman, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent MPUC.

Christopher K. Sandberg, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Minn. Dept. of Public Services.

Gary R. Cunningham, Dennis D. Ahlers, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Atty. Gen.

Scott Wilensky, Minneapolis, for respondent MPIRG.

Heard, considered and decided by HUSPENI, P.J., and SEDGWICK and LOMMEN, JJ.

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

In separate appeals to this court, relator Northwestern Bell has requested review of two orders by the Public Utilities Commission which vacated and modified a prior 1984 rate order. We consolidated the two appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

This case has a complex and lengthy procedural history. On September 29, 1983, Northwestern Bell filed a petition with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission...

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