VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. v. RI PUC

No. 2002-161-M.P.

822 A.2d 187 (2003)

VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC., d/b/a Verizon Rhode Island v. RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cameron F. Kerry, Boston, MA, Keefe Bryant Clemons/Peter J. McGinn, Steven M. Richard, Craig L. Eaton, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Leo J. Wold, Cranston, Paul J. Roberti, Providence, for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.


OPINION

WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

In its petition for writ of certiorari, Verizon New England Inc., d/b/a Verizon Rhode Island (Verizon) asserts that the respondent, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC), exceeded its authority by ordering Verizon to make voice messaging service (VMS)1 available to local competitors at wholesale prices under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the act). See 47 U.S.C. § 251...

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