IND. BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. IND. UTILITY REG. COM'N

No. 93S02-9906-EX-350.

715 N.E.2d 351 (1999)

INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, INCORPORATED d/b/a Ameritech Indiana; Ameritech Corporation; and SBC Communications Inc., Appellants (Respondents below), v. INDIANA UTILITY REGULATORY COMMISSION; Office of Utility Consumer Counselor; AT&T Communications of Indiana, Inc.; Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana; Indiana Cable Telecommunications Inc.; Time Warner Communications of Indiana, Inc.; Sprint Communications Company L.P., and United Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc. d/b/a Sprint; Indiana Payphone Association; KMC Telecom II, Inc.; Communications Workers of America, Inc.; Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Inc.; American Association of Retired Persons, Inc.; and United Senior Action of Indiana, Inc., Appellees (Statutory Parties and Intervenors Below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sue E. Stemen, Teresa E. Morton, Stanley C. Fickle, Daniel W. McGill, Peter J. Rusthoven, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellant Ameritech Indiana.

Paul K. Mancini, Joseph E. Cosgrove, Jr., San Antonio, Texas, Randolph L. Seger, Robert B. Scott, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Appellant SBC Communications, Inc.

Kay Pashos, Plainfield, Indiana, Robert E. Heidorn, Bryan G. Tabler, Indianapolis, Indiana, Peter L. Hatton, Merrillville, Indiana, George A. Porch, Evansville, Indiana, for Amici Curiae Cinergy Corp., Indiana Energy, Inc., Ipalco Enterprises, Inc., Nisources, Inc., Sigcorp, Inc.

Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General of Indiana, Geoffrey Slaughter, A. Scott Chinn, Cindy M. Lott, Deputy Attorneys General, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

Anne E. Becker, Keith L. Beall, Robert M. Glennon, Timothy M. Seat, Karol H. Krohn, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Office of Utility Consumer Counselor.

Michael A. Mullett, Indianapolis, Indiana, for American Association of Retired Persons, Inc., Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Inc., United Senior Action of Indiana, Inc.

John F. Wickes, Jr., Todd A. Richardson, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Amicus Curiae Indiana Industrial Energy Consumers, Inc.


ON EMERGENCY PETITION TO TRANSFER

BOEHM, Justice.

This case deals with the jurisdiction of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission under Indiana Code § 8-1-2-83(a). This section uses language that contrasts sharply with its counterparts in some other states. It provides that "no public utility, as defined in section 1 of this chapter, shall sell, assign, transfer, lease or encumber its franchise, works, or system ... without approval of...

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