EXHIBITS.docx

DONALD L. HOWELL, II
Deputy Attorney General
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID  83720-0074
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FAX: [phone]
MARY S. HOBSON
ROBIN L. DENISON
STOEL RIVES LLP
101 S Capitol Blvd, Suite 1900
Boise, ID   83702-9011
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Attorneys for the Idaho Public Utilities Commission Staff
and U S WEST Communications, Inc.
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. FOR AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS RATES AND CHARGES FOR REGULATED TITLE 61 SERVICES.

U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
Appellant,
v.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION,
Respondent.
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SUPREME COURT  
DOCKET NO.  24349
IPUC CASE NO. USW-S-96-5
STIPULATION REGARDING THE SUBMISSION OF EXHIBITS
COMES NOW the Appellant and Respondent in the above referenced case by their respective attorneys of record and submit the following Stipulation for the Commission’s consideration.
Appellate Rule 31 requires that the Commission Secretary lodge all exhibits offered or admitted in a Commission proceeding and subsequently appealed to the Idaho Supreme Court.  As the Commission is aware, the number of exhibits in the above-referenced case are voluminous and in excess of 900 pages.  Moreover, there is only a single issue on appeal—“toll restriction.”
A review of the exhibits in this case reveals that there is only one exhibit that is relevant to the issue on appeal.  Consequently, the parties have agreed and stipulated that with the exception of Exhibit No. 126, there is no need or necessity to file the remaining exhibits with the Idaho Supreme Court.  In lieu of filing the other exhibits, the parties suggest that the Commission Secretary file her certificate indicating that the parties have stipulated that there is only one exhibit to be lodged with the Supreme Court.  A copy of this stipulation should be filed with the Secretary’s certificate.
PRAYER
The parties respectfully request that the Commission adopt the parties’ stipulation that there is only one exhibit that is relevant to the appeal and there is no need to lodge any of the remaining exhibits in the underlying case with the Supreme Court.  
RESPECTFULLY submitted this              day of March 1998.
IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION STAFF
BY                                                             
Donald L.  Howell, II
Deputy Attorney General
U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
BY                                                             
Mary S.  Hobson
STOEL RIVES LLP
And
Russ Rowe
U S WEST, Inc.
1801 California St., #5100
Denver, CO 80202
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