TELECONNECT v. U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS

No. 92-1460.

508 N.W.2d 644 (1993)

TELECONNECT COMPANY, Appellant, v. U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Colorado corporation, f/k/a Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Collins, Kevin H. Collins, and Mark L. Zaiger of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Kasey W. Kincaid of Faegre & Benson, and George A. Carroll of U.S. West, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

The controlling question here is whether the "filed tariff" doctrine bars one utility's contract and tort claims against another utility when the terms of the disputed service are regulated by tariffs filed publicly with a regulatory agency.

With our permission, plaintiff Teleconnect Company (Teleconnect) appeals the district court's ruling denying its demand for a jury trial and its motion to disqualify defendant's counsel. Defendant...

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