ST. EX REL. UTIL. COM'N v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.

No. 195PA89.

391 S.E.2d 487 (1990)

326 N.C. 522

STATE of North Carolina ex rel UTILITIES COMMISSION, Intervenor-Appellee, Public Staff of North Carolina Utilities Commission, Intervenor-Appellee, Attorney General Lacy H. Thornburg, Intervenor-Appellee, and The Boulevard Florist, Inc., Complainant, v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Respondent, and Bellsouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Lorinzo L. Joyner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh.

Petree Stockton & Robinson by John T. Allred, Charlotte, for BellSouth Advertising & Pub. Corp.


FRYE, Justice.

Two questions are presented for our consideration: (1) whether the North Carolina Utilities Commission (Commission) has the authority to exercise jurisdiction over complaints arising from incorrect listings in yellow pages advertising in a regulated telephone utility's directory; and (2) whether the Commission's finding that BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Company (BAPCO) acted as the agent or alter...

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