Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, Robert S. Bomar, Deputy Attorney General, Harold D. Melton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Thomas K. Bond, Special Assistant Attorney General, John H. MacLean, Staff Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Edgar H. Sims Jr., Bruce P. Brown, Gregory S. Brow and Alan R. Jenkins Long, Aldridge & Norman, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: James S. Hurt, Marietta, David I. Adelman Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Suzanne W. Ockleberry AT&T Communications, Fred J. McCallum Jr., Atlanta, Newton M. Galloway Newton Galloway & Assocs., Griffin.
Case Number: A00A0397
In reviewing the Georgia Public Service Commission's order reducing rates that communications company could charge long distance providers, the superior court exceeded the scope of its authority and