NORTHWESTERN BELL v. IOWA UTILITIES BD.

No. 90-97.

477 N.W.2d 678 (1991)

NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellant, v. IOWA UTILITIES BOARD, Appellee, Iowa Network Services, Inc.; MCI Telecommunications Corp.; Office of Consumer Advocate; AT & T Communications of the Midwest, Inc.; and Teleconnect Long Distance Services and Systems Company; Intervenors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Schaphorst, Gen. Counsel, Northwestern Bell Telephone Co., Des Moines, and James Gallagher of Maun & Simon, St. Paul, Minn., for Northwestern Bell.

Susan Allender, Gen. Counsel, Allan Kniep, Asst. Gen. Counsel, and Diane Munns, Deputy Gen. Counsel, for Iowa Utilities Bd.

Michael P. Joynt and John T. Ward of Wasker, Sullivan & Ward, Des Moines, and Ellen S. Deutsch, Philip J. Mause, and Robert C. Lopardo of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Washington, D.C., for Iowa Network Services.

James R. Maret, Consumer Advocate, and David R. Conn and Alice J. Hyde, for Office of Consumer Advocate.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


SNELL, Justice.

The appellant, Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, seeks review of an Iowa Utilities Board (the board) decision approving the establishment, by Iowa Network Services (INS), of a fiber-optic network and modern switching system that will concentrate the long-distance traffic to and from 135 independent, rural Iowa telephone companies. Specifically, Northwestern Bell (NWB) objects to the exclusive use of the system to terminate all long-distance calls...

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