STATE EX REL. UTILITIES COM'N v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

No. COA98-759.

514 S.E.2d 276 (1999)

STATE of North Carolina ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION; BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., Applicant; Bell-South Long Distance, Inc., Intervenor; Public Staff—North Carolina Utilities Commission, Intervenor; Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, Intervenor; Carolina Utility Customers Association, Inc., Intervenor; AT & T Communications of the Southern States, Inc., Intervenor; Intermedia Communications Inc., Intervenor; North Carolina Cable Telecommunications Association, Intervenor; Sprint Communications Company L.P., Intervenor; LCI International Telecom Corp., Intervenor; Deltacom, Inc., Intervenor; ICG Telecom Group, Inc., Intervenor; TCG of the Carolinas, Inc., Intervenor; Telecommunications Resellers Association, Intervenor; The Alliance of North Carolina Independent Telephone Companies, Intervenor; Concord Telephone Company, Intervenor; Communications Workers of America, Intervenor; Business Telecom, Inc., Intervenor; Interpath Communications, Inc., Intervenor; Worldcom, Inc., Intervenor; KMC Telecom, Inc., Intervenor; Competitive Telecommunications Association, Intervenor; ICG Access Services, Inc., Intervenor; BellSouth Personal Communications, Inc., Intervenor; BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation, Intervenor; North Carolina Payphone Association, Inc., Intervenor; Fibersouth, Inc., Intervenor; US LEC of North Carolina L.L.C., Intervenor; Atlantic Telephone Company, Intervenor; Lexcom Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Piedmont Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Randolph Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Star Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Surry Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Tri-County Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; Wilkes Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor; and Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation, Intervenor, Appellees, v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Intervenor; MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc., Intervenor; and Time Warner Communications of North Carolina, L.P., Intervenor, Appellants, and GTE Communications, Intervenor, Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., by Wade H. Hargrove, Marcus W. Trathen, and David Kushner, Raleigh, for appellants MCI Telecommunications Corporation, MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc., and Time Warner Communications of North Carolina, L.P.

Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein L.L.P., by Jack L. Cozort, Raleigh, for cross-appellant GTE Communications.

Chief Counsel Antoinette R. Wike, by Staff Attorney Robert S. Gillam, Raleigh, for appellee Public Staff—North Carolina Utilities Commission.

BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., by Andrew D. Shore and Leon Lee, Charlotte, and Kilpatrick Stockton, by James P. Cain and Benjamin R. Kuhn, Raleigh, for appellee BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.

Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein L.L.P., by Jack L. Cozort, Raleigh, for appellees ICG Telecom Group, Inc., KMC Telecom, Inc., and Interpath Communications, Inc.

No briefs filed for other appellees.


GREENE, Judge.

MCI Telecommunications Corporation, MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc., and Time Warner Communications of North Carolina, L.P. (collectively, Appellants), and GTE Communications (Cross-Appellant) (collectively, Joint Appellants) appeal from the North Carolina Utilities Commission's (Commission) "Order Denying Motion For Reconsideration."

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