BARASCH v. PUBLIC UTILITY COM'N


133 Pa.Commw. 285 (1990)

576 A.2d 79

David M. BARASCH, Consumer Advocate, Petitioner, v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Respondent. PENNSYLVANIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and Mary Jane Isenberg, Petitioners, v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Respondent. Barry STEINHARDT, The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Petitioners, v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Respondent. CONSUMER EDUCATION AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION and Carol Walton, Petitioners, v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 30, 1990.

Joint Application for Limited Reargument Denied July 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Clearfield, with him, Irwin A. Popowsky, Sr. Asst. Consumer Advocates, Harrisburg, for petitioner, David M. Barasch, Consumer Advocate.

David T. Kluz, Harrisburg, for petitioners, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Mary Jane Isenberg.

Scott Burris, Philadelphia, for petitioners, Barry Steinhardt and The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania.

Steven P. Hershey, Philadelphia, for petitioners, Consumer Educ. and Protective Ass'n and Carol Walton.

John A. Levin, Asst. Counsel, with him, Bohdan R. Pankiw, First Deputy Chief Counsel, and John F. Povilaitis, Chief Counsel, for respondent, Pennsylvania Public Utility Com'n.

Irving R. Segal, with him, Gerard J. St. John, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, and James G. Pachulski, Julia A. Conover, Daniel E. Monagle and D. Michael Stroud, Philadelphia, for intervenor, The Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania.

Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Attorney General, with him, Walter W. Cohen, First Deputy Atty. Gen., and Robert A. Graci, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., for amicus curiae, Atty. Gen. of Pa.

Lloyd R. Persun, Mette, Evans & Woodside, Harrisburg, for amicus curiae, MCI Telecommunications Corp. (MCI).

Before CRUMLISH, Jr., President Judge, and CRAIG, McGINLEY, SMITH and PELLEGRINI, JJ.


SMITH, Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on a petition for review of the November 9, 1989 order entered by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) which rejected the Recommended Decision of Administrative Law Judge Michael Schnierle (ALJ) and approved the use of a customer service reintroduced by Bell of Pennsylvania (Bell)1 identified as Caller*ID. This service would permit customers to identify the telephone number...

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