US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. WYOMING PUBLIC SERVICE COM'N

No. 98-82.

989 P.2d 616 (1999)

US WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Appellant (Petitioner), v. The WYOMING PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION; Steve Ellenbecker and Kristin H. Lee, in their official capacities as Commissioners of the Wyoming Public Service Commission, Appellees (Respondents).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Paul J. Hickey and Roger Fransen of Hickey, Mackey, Evans, Walker & Stewart, Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Andrew D. Crain of U S WEST Communications, Inc., Denver, Colorado.

Representing Appellees: William U. Hill, Attorney General; Michael L. Hubbard, Deputy Attorney General; and Carrol S. Verosky, Assistant Attorney General.

Before LEHMAN, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN and TAYLOR, JJ.


MACY, Justice.

Appellant US WEST Communications, Inc. appeals from the order issued by Appellee Wyoming Public Service Commission (the commission) in which it concluded that US WEST's Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) was a noncompetitive, essential telecommunications service and was subject to regulation by the commission.

We reverse.

ISSUE

US WEST presents a single issue in its appeal:

Did the Public Service Commission...

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