ILLINOIS INDEP. TELEPHONE ASS'N v. ICC

Nos. 4-87-0899, 4-87-0919 cons.

183 Ill. App.3d 220 (1988)

539 N.E.2d 717

ILLINOIS INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al., Respondents. — GTE NORTH INCORPORATED, Petitioner, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al., Respondents.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Modified on denial of rehearing June 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis K. Muncy and Peggy C. Thompson, both of Meyer, Capel, Hirschfeld, Muncy, Jahn & Aldeen, P.C., of Champaign, for petitioner Illinois Independent Telephone Association.

Vernon C. Maulson and James C. Stroo, both of GTE North Incorporated, of Bloomington, for petitioner GTE North Incorporated.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (John P. Kelliher, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for respondent Illinois Commerce Commission.

Marcia C. Alterman, of Chicago, for respondent MCI Telecommunications Corporation.

Robert F. Ward, of Chadwell & Kayser, Ltd., of Chicago, and Michael L. Ball, Donald A. Low, and Eva Powers, all of US Sprint Communications Company, of Kansas City, Missouri, for amicus curiae.


Order affirmed.

JUSTICE KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves questions concerning the conditions under which long-distance telephone carriers may provide service between points located in the same market service area (MSA). Several provisions of the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985 (Protection Law) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111 2/3, pars. 13-100 through 13-803) provide the principal bases for the contentions of the...

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