AVICOMM, INC., a Colorado Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
The COLORADO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Commissioner Christine E.M. Alvarez, Commissioner Vincent Majkowski, Commissioner Robert Hicks, and US West Communications, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. and
Agate Mutual Telephone Company; Big Sandy Telecommunications, Inc.; Bijou Telephone Co-Op Association, Inc.; Columbine Telephone Company; Delta County Tele-Com, Inc.; Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Association, Inc.; Nucla-Naturita Telephone Company; Nunn Telephone Company; Phillips County Telephone Company; Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc.; Strasburg Telephone Company; Sunflower Telephone Company, Inc.; Wiggins Telephone Association, ("Agate, et al."); Farmers Telephone Company; Haxtun Telephone Company; Peetz Cooperative Telephone Company; Pine Drive Telephone Company; Rico Telephone Company; Roggen Telephone Cooperative Association; Stoneham Cooperative Telephone Corporation; Universal Telephone Company of Colorado; Willard Telephone Company, ("Farmers et al."); and El Paso Telephone Company, Intervenors-Appellees.
MOUNTAIN SOLUTIONS LTD., INC., a Colorado corporation; and Denver Direct Dial, L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The COLORADO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Commissioner Christine E.M. Alvarez, Commissioner Vincent Majkowski, Commissioner Robert Hicks, and US West Communications, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. and
Agate Mutual Telephone Company; Big Sandy Telecommunications, Inc.; Bijou Telephone Co-Op Association, Inc.; Columbine Telephone Company; Delta County Tele-Com, Inc.; Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Association, Inc.; Nucla-Naturita Telephone Company; Nunn Telephone Company; Phillips County Telephone Company; Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc.; Strasburg Telephone Company; Sunflower Telephone Company, Inc.; Wiggins Telephone Association, ("Agate, et al."); Farmers Telephone Company; Haxtun Telephone Company; Peetz Cooperative Telephone Company; Pine Drive Telephone Company; Rico Telephone Company; Roggen Telephone Cooperative Association; Stoneham Cooperative Telephone Corporation; Universal Telephone Company Of Colorado; Willard Telephone Company, ("Farmers et al."); and El Paso Telephone Company, Intervenors-Appellees.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 13, 1998.
April 13, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C., Tucker K. Trautman, Joseph G. Webb, Denver, for Plaintiff-Appellant AviComm, Inc.
Gorsuch Kirgis LLP, Dudley P. Spiller, Andrew D. Cohen, Denver, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Mountain Solutions Ltd., Inc.; and Denver Direct Dial, L.L.C.
Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, Richard A. Westfall, Solicitor General, Martha Phillips Allbright, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Linda L. Siderius, Deputy Attorney General, Richard Djokic, First Assistant Attorney General, Victoria R. Mandell, Assistant Attorney General, Mana L. Jennings Fader, Assistant Attorney General, Regulatory Law Section, Denver, for Defendants-Appellees The Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Commissioner Christine E.M. Alvarez, Commissioner Vincent Majkowski, Commissioner Robert Hicks, and US West Communications, Inc.
Antonio Bates Bernard, Professional Corporation, Roy A. Adkins, Denver, for Intervenor-Appellee El Paso County Telephone Company.
William P. Heaston, William M. Ojile, Jr., Karen Tatelman, Denver, for Defendants-Appellees US West Communications.
Denman & Corbetta, P.C., Steven H. Denman, Richard L. Corbetta, Melissa A. Dalla, Denver, for Agate Mutual Telephone Company; Big Sandy Telecommunications, Inc.; Bijou Telephone Co-Op Association, Inc.; Columbine Telephone Company; Delta County Tele-Com, Inc.; Eastern Slope Rural Telephone Association, Inc.; Nucla-Naturita Telephone Company; Nunn Telephone Company; Phillips County Telephone Company; Plains Cooperative Telephone Association, Inc.; Strasburg Telephone Company; Sunflower Telephone Company, Inc.; Wiggins Telephone Association.
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P., Mark A. Davidson, Denver, for Intervenors-Appellees Farmers Telephone Company; Haxtun Telephone Company; Peetz Cooperative Telephone Company; Pine Drive Telephone Company; Rico Telephone Company; Roggen Telephone Cooperative Association; Stoneham Cooperative Telephone Corporation; Universal Telephone Company of Colorado; Willard Telephone Company.
Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.
Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.
The district court consolidated AviComm, Inc. v. Public Utilities Commission, No. 96CV341 (Denver Dist. Ct. Sept. 26, 1996), and Mountain Solutions Ltd. v. Public Utilities Commission, No. 96CV240 (Denver Dist. Ct. Sept. 26, 1996) to determine whether appellants Mountain Solutions Ltd., Inc. and Denver Direct Dial, L.L.C. (collectively, the "Providers") should be required to purchase telephone services...
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