CONSUMER ADVOCATE DIV. v. GREER


967 S.W.2d 759 (1998)

CONSUMER ADVOCATE DIVISION, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, State of Tennessee, Appellee, v. H. Lynn GREER, Chair; Sara Kyle, Director, and Melvin Malone, Director, Constituting the Tennessee Regulatory Authority and BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Ney, Jr., Gregory Mitchell, Doramus, Trauger & Ney, Nashville, for Appellants Greer, Kyle & Malone.

For Appellants — BellSouth: Guy Hicks, Bennett L. Ross, BellSouth Telecommunications, Nashville, for Appellant BellSouth.

Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, L. Vincent Williams, Consumer Advocate, Nashville, for Appellee.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Judge.

We granted this appeal to determine two issues: (1) whether the petition to intervene filed with the Tennessee Regulatory Authority ("TRA"), by the Consumer Advocate Division of the Attorney General's Office ("Advocate"), constituted a written complaint; and (2) whether the TRA is statutorily required to hold a contested case hearing upon the filing of a written complaint.

After careful consideration, we first conclude that...

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