STATE EX REL. UTILITIES COMMISSION, MCI v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY

No. 37P88.

369 S.E.2d 362 (1988)

322 N.C. 329

STATE of North Carolina ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION, MCI Telecommunications Corporation and GTE Sprint Communications Corporation v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY; the Public Staff; AT & T Communications, Inc.; Central Telephone Company; Alltel Carolina, Inc.; General Telephone Company of the Southeast; Carolina Telephone Company; Telecommunications Systems, Inc.; Carolina Utility Customers Association; Attorney General of the State of North Carolina; and North Carolina Long Distance Association. STATE of North Carolina ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION, MCI Telecommunications Corporation and GTE Sprint Communications Corporation v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY; the Public Staff; Central Telephone Company; Alltel Carolina, Inc.; General Telephone Company of the Southeast; Telecommunications Systems, Inc.; Carolina Utility Customers Association; Attorney General of the State of North Carolina; and North Carolina Long Distance Association.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard, Raleigh, and Michael M. Ozburn, Atlanta, Ga., for MCI.

Poyner & Spruill, Raleigh, McNeil Smith and Larry Sitton, Greensboro, Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt, Maynard & Kristol, New York City, and Rita A. Barmann, Washington, D.C., for U.S. Sprint.

Hunton & Williams, Raleigh, Shirley A. Ransom, Atlanta, Ga., and J. Billie Ray, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Charlotte, for Southern Bell.

Antoinette R. Wike, Chief Counsel, Raleigh, for N.C. Util. Comm.

Dwight Allen, Tarboro, and Jack H. Derrick, Elizabeth City, for Carolina Telephone.

Tharrington, Smith & Hargrove, Raleigh, and Gene V. Coker, Rocky Mount, for AT & T.

Walter E. Daniels and Linda M. Daniels, Durham, for N.C. Long Distance Assoc.

Jerry B. Fruitt, Raleigh, for Carolina Utility Customers Assoc.

Karen E. Long, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.


ORDER

Upon consideration of the notice of appeal from the North Carolina Court of Appeals, filed by the Defendant (NCLDA) in this matter pursuant to G.S. § 7A-30, and the motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of substantial constitutional question filed by the Defendants (Public Staff and Southern Bell); and upon consideration of the petition for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, filed by Defendant (NCLDA) pursuant...

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