CITIZENS UTILITY v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE

Nos. 1-94-2270, 1-94-2307.

658 N.E.2d 1194 (1995)

276 Ill.App.3d 730

213 Ill.Dec. 173

CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD, and People of the State of Illinois ex rel. Roland Burris, Appellants, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION and Central Telephone Company of Illinois, Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

November 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wanda K. Zatopa, Chicago, for Citizens Utility Board.

Janice A. Dale and Eve Moran, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants.

David L. Nixon, Special Assistant Attorney General, Illinois Commerce Commission; Ross & Hardies, Chicago (Duane A. Feurer, David S. Guin and Elizabeth M. Bradshaw), for Central Telephone Company of Illinois.

Paul N. Keller, Park Ridge, for Amici; (David R. Wiltse, Des Plaines, Jeffrey M. Randall, Glenview, and Everette M. Hill, Jr., Mt. Prospect, of counsel).


Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

The Illinois Commerce Commission (the Commission) granted Central Telephone Company of Illinois (Centel) permission to restructure its rates and to increase its total revenues. In this appeal the Attorney General, on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois (the AG), and the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) raise several issues concerning the fundamental role of the Commission. We reverse the Commission's order...

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