ALJ/GEW-POD/sid Mailed 10/10/2000

Decision 00-10-038

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Marking Products, Inc., Complainant, vs. AT&T Communications of California, Inc., Defendant.

Case 00-02-010 (Filed February 10, 2000)

Joseph P. Scully, Attorney at Law, for Marking

Products, Inc., complainant.

Randolph W. Deutsch, Attorney at Law, for AT&T

Communications of California, Inc., defendant.

O P I N I O N

1. Summary

Marking Products, Inc., an Oklahoma-based supplier of store products, alleges that it acquired an 800 number as one of the assets it purchased from another firm, and that AT&T Communications of California, Inc. (AT&T) improperly transferred that number back to the original subscriber. AT&T alleges that a transfer of the number to Marking Products never took place, and that, pursuant to its tariffs, AT&T was bound to honor the transfer request of the principal account holder. Complainant has failed to show by a preponderance of the evidence that AT&T violated any law or any Commission rule or order. The complaint is denied.