Arizona Corporation Commission V. Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co‪.‬

The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, a public service corporation engaged in the telephone business in Arizona and elsewhere, hereinafter called the company, on January 26, 1949 applied to the Arizona Corporation Commission, hereinafter called the commission, for permission to raise its telephone rates for its intrastate exchange and long distance telephone service, theretofore fixed for the company by the commission, on the ground that the same were not just and reasonable and were confiscatory. After a full hearing, at which much evidence was presented, all requested increases were denied by the commission on July 29, 1949. On August 9th a petition for rehearing was filed, which was granted, and a rehearing was had October 24th through October 28th at which additional evidence was presented. On November 4th, any increase was again denied.