SBC MICHIGAN v. PUBLIC SERVICE, 480 Mich. 977 (2007)

Nos. 134493, 134500.Supreme Court of Michigan.
December 13, 2007.

Reported below: 276 Mich App 55.

Leave to Appeal Granted December 13, 2007:

The parties shall include among the issues to be briefed: (1) what legal framework appellate courts should apply to determine the degree of deference due an administrative agency in its interpretation of a statute within its purview; (2) whether the Court of Appeals erred in deferring to the Michigan Public Service Commission’s interpretation of MCL 484.2502(1)(a); (3) whether the commission abused its discretion in applying this statutory provision to a carrier’s diagnostic mistakes; and (4) whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the commission lacks the jurisdiction to prohibit the imposition of a fee for a carrier’s inspection of its own services when that inspection eliminates the carrier as the cause of a service disruption. The parties shall detail the relationship between state regulatory authority and federal authority regarding deregulation in addressing the last question. The clerk of the Court is directed to place this case on the March 2008 session calendar for argument and submission. Appellants’ brief and appendix must be filed no later than January 25, 2008, and appellees’ brief and appendix, if appellees choose to submit an appendix, must be filed no later than February 15, 2008. Persons or groups interested in the determination of the issues presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae, to be filed no later than February 27, 2008.