HARRISONVILLE TEL. CO. v. ILL. COMMERCE COM'N

No. 5-02-0199.

797 N.E.2d 183 (2003)

343 Ill. App.3d 517

277 Ill.Dec. 836

HARRISONVILLE TELEPHONE COMPANY, Moultrie Independent Telephone Company, Leaf River Telephone Company, Montrose Mutual Telephone Company, New Windsor Telephone Company, Oneida Telephone Exchange, Viola Home Telephone Company, Woodhull Community Telephone Company, and Illinois Independent Telephone Association, Petitioners, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, Respondent.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

September 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. McDonnell, Donald E. Weihl, Greensfelder, Hemker

Troy A. Fodor, Troy A. Fodor, P.G., Springfield, for Harrisonville Telephone Company.

David A. Irwin, Loretta J. Garcia, Irwin, Campbell & Tannenwald, P.C., Washington, DC, for Moultrie Independent Telephone Company.

Gary L. Smith, Loewenstein, Hagen & Smith, P.C., Springfield, for Leaf River Telephone Company, Montrose Mutual Telephone Company, New Windsor Telephone Company, Oneida Telephone Exchange, Viola Home Telephone Company, and Woodhull Community Telephone Company.

Dennis K. Muncy, Joseph D. Murphy, Rebecca E.P. Wade, Meyer Capel, P.C., Champaign, for Illinois Independent Telephone Association.

James E. Weging, Special Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Respondent.


Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioners appeal from an original order and from an order on rehearing, both entered by the Illinois Commerce Commission. The original order was entered on September 18, 2001, and the order on rehearing was entered on March 13, 2002. At issue in this matter is the establishment of a state universal service fund for small rural telephone companies.

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