Case Name: Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees; MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees; Commonwealth of Virginia, ex rel. Division of Consumer Council, Office of the Attorney General, Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees; AT&T Communications of Virginia, Inc., Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1994-04-18
Citations: 247 Va. 333
Docket Number: Record No. 931503; S.C.C. Case No. PUC920029; Record No. 931525; S.C.C. Case No. PUC920029; Record No. 931526; S.C.C. Case No. PUC920029; Record No. 931527; S.C.C. Case No. PUC920029
Parties: Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees. MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees. Commonwealth of Virginia, ex rel. Division of Consumer Council, Office of the Attorney General, Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees. AT&T Communications of Virginia, Inc., Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 247
Pages: 333–338

Head Matter:
VIRGINIA:
In the Supreme Court of Virginia held at the Supreme Court Building in the City of Richmond on Friday, the 15th day of April, 1994.
Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees. MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees. Commonwealth of Virginia, ex rel. Division of Consumer Council, Office of the Attorney General, Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees. AT&T Communications of Virginia, Inc., Appellant, against Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, et al., Appellees.
Record No. 931503
S.C.C. Case No. PUC920029
Record No. 931525
S.C.C. Case No. PUC920029
Record No. 931526
S.C.C. Case No. PUC920029
Record No. 931527
S.C.C. Case No. PUC920029

Opinion:
Upon consideration of the record, briefs, and argument of counsel, the Court is of opinion that the motion to dismiss filed by the State Corporation Commission should be granted.
This Court considers appeals from only final orders of the Commission. Va. Const. art. IX, § 4; Code § 12.1-39; Rule 5:21(g). See Blue Cross of Virginia and Blue Shield of Virginia v. Commonwealth, 218 Va. 589, 598, 239 S.E.2d 94, 98 (1977). The Commission's June 18, 1993 "Order Extending Experimental Plan" fails to qualify as an appealable, final order under the foregoing authority. The Order merely extended the Commission's evaluation of its Experimental Plan for six months and continued the matter generally pending further orders of the Commission, the Commission noting that it "is only now receiving comments concerning the 1989 Annual Informational Filing" of one of the parties.
Consequently, the appeals are hereby dismissed.