STATE EX REL. COFFMAN v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMM.

Nos. WD 63075, WD 63092, WD 63096.

154 S.W.3d 316 (2005)

STATE of Missouri ex rel., Acting Public Counsel John COFFMAN, Appellant-Respondent, Missouri Independent Telephone Group, Plaintiff, Southwestern Bell Telephone L.P., Respondent-Appellant, Brooks Fiber Communications of Missouri, Inc., MCI Metro Access Transmission Services, LLC., and MCI Worldcom Communications, Inc., Defendants, and Nu Vox Communications of Missouri, Inc., Respondent, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION of the State of Missouri, a State Agency and its Members Kelvin Simmons, Connie Murray, Sheila Lumpe, Steve Gaw, and Bryan Forbis in their Official Capacity, Respondent-Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied November 23, 2004.

Application for Transfer Denied March 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Francis Dandino, Jefferson City, for Appellant.

Carl James Lumley, Clayton, for Nu Vox, Brooks Fiber, MCI Metro, MCI WorldCom.

Paul Gerard Lane, St. Louis, for SWB Telephone.

William Keith Haas, Jefferson City, for PSC.

Craig Steven Johnson, Jefferson City, for Independent.

Before RONALD R. HOLLIGER, ROBERT G. ULRICH and JAMES M. SMART, JR., JJ.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied November 23, 2004.

JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.

The Office of Public Counsel appeals the circuit court's affirmance of a Public Service Commission decision that reclassified certain Southwestern Bell services in specific exchanges as "competitive," thereby decreasing regulation over their pricing. The Office of Public Counsel is joined in the appeal by several private telecommunications companies...

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