TEXAS TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION and Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative, Inc., and Their Participating Members; Windstream Services, LLC; Texas Windstream, LLC (d/b/a Windstream Communications); Windstream Communications Kerrville, LLC (d/b/a Windstream Communications); Valor Telecommunications of Texas, LLC (d/b/a Windstream Communications Southwest); Windstream Sugar Land LLC; Central Telephone Company of Texas, Inc. (d/b/a CenturyLink); CenturyTel of Lake Dallas, Inc. (d/b/a CenturyLink); CenturyTel of Port Aransas, Inc. (d/b/a CenturyLink); CenturyTel of San Marcos, Inc. (d/b/a CenturyLink); and United Telephone Company of Texas, Inc. (d/b/a CenturyLink), Appellants
v.
PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS; Peter Lake, Chairman; Will McAdams, Commissioner; Lori Cobos, Commissioner; and Jimmy Glotfelty, Commissioner, Each in His or Her Official Capacity at the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Appellees.
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Ethan Nutter , Michael J. Tomsu , Michael A. Heidler , Austin, for Appellants Central Telephone Company of Texas, Inc. (d/b/a CenturyLink); CenturyTel of Lake Dallas, Inc. (d/b/a CenturyLink); CenturyTel of Port Aransas, Inc. (d/b/a CenturyLink); CenturyTel of San Marcos, Inc. (d/b/a CenturyLink), Windstream Sugar Land LLC, United Telephone Company of Texas, Inc. (d/b/a CenturyLink), Windstream Services, LLC; Texas Windstream, LLC (d/b/a Windstream Communications); Windstream Communications Kerrville, LLC (d/b/a Windstream Communications); Valor Telecommunications of Texas, LLC (d/b/a Windstream Communications Southwest.
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justice Triana, and Justice Kelly.
OPINION
Gisela D. Triana, Justice.
This case concerns the Texas Universal Service Fund (TUSF), which was established by the Texas Legislature to achieve the policy goal of universal affordable telecommunications services across the state, and which the Legislature has directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas...
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