Windstream Says Objections to Verizon/XO Didn't Violate Due Process
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission should allow Windstream objections to Verizon's planned buy of XO Communications, Windstream said in a filing Thursday in docket A-2016-2535279. Verizon and XO had asked to strike the objections because they were filed after the…
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PUC April 25 deadline (see 1608170034). “The Joint Applicants mischaracterize Windstream's Amicus Brief as a protest or intervention, concocting a claim that the brief is in violation of the Commission order regarding those procedures,” Windstream said. Windstream didn’t violate the applicants’ due process rights because its filing was not factual testimony, it said. “Windstream's arguments are, for the most part, legal arguments in connection with which Windstream is not required to submit evidence.” Pennsylvania and New York are the last two state approvals needed by Verizon and XO for their $1.88 billion deal (see 1608250058).