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CITY OF PLANO v. PUBLIC UTILITY COM'N

No. 03-96-00691-CV.

953 S.W.2d 416 (1997)

CITY OF PLANO, Texas, Appellant, v. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION and MFS Intelenet of Texas, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

August 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Washington, Butler, Porter, Gay & Day, Austin, for appellant.

Susan Bergen Schultz, Myra A. McDaniel, Jesus Sifuentes, Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel, L.L.P., Austin, for appellee MFS Intelenet of Texas, Inc.

Dan Morales, Attorney General, Andrew S. Miller, Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources Division, Austin, for appellee Public Utility Commission.

Before CARROLL, C.J., and ABOUSSIE and B.A. SMITH, JJ.

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

In an effort to enhance competition in the telecommunications industry, the legislature enacted the Public Utility Regulation Act of 1995 ("1995 PURA").1 This statute expands the avenues available to companies seeking to provide local exchange telephone service. In lieu of seeking the traditional certificate of convenience and necessity, a utility may now more easily...

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