MCI WORLDCOM, INC., Appellant
v.
PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 21, 2002.
Decided March 22, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jeffrey A. Rackow, Maureen Frances Del Duca, Carlisle, Thomas E. Groshens, Philadelphia, for Worldcom, Inc.
Kathryn Grace Sophy, Kimberly A. Hafner, Maryanne Reynolds Martin, David E. Screven, Bohdan R. Pankiw, Harrisburg, for PA Public Utility Com'n.
Zsuzsanna E. Benedek, for Sprint Communications Co.
Renardo Lee Hicks, Wyomissing, James Hughes Cawley, Harrisburg, for NEXTLINK Pennsylvania, Inc.
Regina Louise Matz, David Mark Thomas, Patricia Lee Armstrong, Harrisburg, for Alltel Pennsylvania, Inc.
Renee Levine Cohn, Harrisburg, for ATX Telecommunications Services, Ltd.
David Michael DeSalle, John Francis Povilaitis, Harrisburg, for Covad Communications Co.
James Hughes Cawley, Harrisburg, for Senator Roger A. Madigan, Mary Jo White.
Christopher B. Craig, Harrisburg, Richard A. Sprague, Philadelphia, for Senator Vincent J. Fumo.
Barrett C. Sheridan, Edward G. Lanza, Philip F. McClelland, Harrisburg, for Consumer Advocate.
Derrick Price Williamson, Pamela Catherine Polacek, Chris Mincavage Burak, Harrisburg, for PA Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n.
Robert Charles Barber, Daniel Clearfield, Alan Kohler, Harrisburg, for AT&T Communication of Pennsylvania, Inc.
Norman James Kennard, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth Telephone Co.
Melissa H. Maxman, Michael A. Adler, Michael M. Baylson, Philadelphia, for GTE North, Inc.
John David Filipowicz, Princeton, NJ, for RCN Telecom Services, Inc.
Angela T. Jones, Harrisburg, Bernard A. Ryan, for Small Business Advocate.
Joseph A. Dworetzsky, Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia.
Claire M. Diemer, Stephen Wen-Wei Ching, Paul Steven Diamond, Thomas A. Leonard, Julia Ann Conover, Philadelphia, for Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. (Bell Atlantic-PA, Inc.)
Before: ZAPPALA, C.J., and CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR and EAKIN, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION
Justice CASTILLE.
This is an appeal from an en banc decision of the Commonwealth Court that affirmed the order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ("PUC") setting rates for access to Verizon Pennsylvania Inc.'s network for local telephone service. Appellant, MCI WorldCom, Inc. ("WorldCom"), presents issues regarding the propriety of the rates set by the PUC. Before we may reach...
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