TEXAS TEL. ASS'N v. PUBLIC UTILITY COM'N

No. 03-21-00294-CV.

653 S.W.3d 227 (2022)

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.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Filed: June 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don R. Richards , D. Daniel Gibson , for Appellant Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative, Inc. and its participating members.

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.

Dennis W. Donley, Jr. , Shelby Leigh O'Brien , Stephanie Potter , Craig T. Enoch , Austin, for Appellant Texas Telephone Association and its participating members.

Kellie E. Billings-Ray , Austin, Shawn Cowles , Cody Rutowski , H. Carl Myers , Austin, Michael Abrams , Samuel Grant Dorfman , Bellaire, Priscilla M. Hubenak , Austin, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justice Triana, and Justice Kelly.


OPINION

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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