Legal Opinion
Puerto Rico Telephone Co. v. Telecommunications Regulatory Board
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 19, 1999No. 98-2228PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises tricky questions of the limits on federal court jurisdiction under 47 U.S.C. § 252(e)(6), a provision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-104,110 Stat. 56.
Two telecommunications companies (one primarily a landline local exchange carrier and one a cellular carrier) reached an interconnection agreement; the agreement in turn was approved by the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico (“the Board”) under the Act. A dispute arose over responsibility for certain charges and the landline company, Puerto Rico Telephone Company…
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