Petitions for Discretionary Review

Full title: PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: May 5, 1988

322 N.C. 329 (N.C. 1988)

322 N.C. 329

369 S.E.2d 361

369 S.E.2d 362

Opinion

369 S.E.2d 363 (N.C. 1988) 322 N.C. 329 STATE of North Carolina ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION, MCI Telecommunications Corporation and GTE Sprint Communications Corporation v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY; the Public Staff; ATs&sT Communications, Inc.; Central Telephone Company; Alltel Carolina, Inc.; General Telephone Company of the Southeast; Carolina Telephone Company; Telecommunications Systems, Inc.; Carolina Utility Customers Association; Attorney General of the State of North Carolina; and North Carolina Long Distance Association. STATE of North Carolina ex rel. UTILITIES COMMISSION, MCI Telecommunications Corporation and GTE Sprint Communications Corporation v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY; the Public Staff; Central Telephone Company; Alltel Carolina, Inc.; General Telephone Company of the Southeast; Telecommunications Systems, Inc.; Carolina Utility Customers Association; Attorney General of the State of North Carolina; and North Carolina Long Distance Association. No. 37P88. Supreme Court of North Carolina. May 5, 1988

       Sanford, Adams, McCulloughs&sBeard, Raleigh, and Michael M. Ozburn, Atlanta, Ga., for MCI.

       Poyners&s Spruill, Raleigh, McNeil Smith and Larry Sitton, Greensboro, Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt, Maynards&sKristol, New York City, and Rita A. Barmann, Washington, D.C., for U.S. Sprint.

       Huntons&s Williams, Raleigh, Shirley A. Ransom, Atlanta, Ga., and J. Billie Ray, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Charlotte, for Southern Bell.

       Antoinette R. Wike, Chief Counsel, Raleigh, for N.C. Util. Comm.

       Dwight Allen, Tarboro, and Jack H. Derrick, Elizabeth City, for Carolina Telephone.

       Tharrington, Smiths&sHargrove, Raleigh, and Gene V. Coker, Rocky Mount, for ATs&sT.

       Walter E. Daniels and Linda M. Daniels, Durham, for N.C. Long Distance Assoc.

       Jerry B. Fruitt, Raleigh, for Carolina Utility Customers Assoc.

       Karen E. Long, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

       ORDER

       Upon consideration of the notice of appeal from the North Carolina Court of Appeals, filed by the Plaintiff (MCI) in this matter pursuant to G.S. § 7A-30, and the motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of substantial constitutional question filed by the Defendants (Public Staff and Souther Bell); and upon consideration of the petition for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, filed by Plaintiff (MCI) pursuant to G.S. § 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals: the motion to dismiss the appeal is

"Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 5th day of May 1988."

       The Petition for Discretionary Review is:

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 5th day of May 1988."