Legal Opinion
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided July 12, 1999No. 97-C-566-C, 98-C-11-C, 98-C-153-C, 98-C-366-CPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CRABB, Distict Judge.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 introduced local telephony to a brave new world of competition. At the same time, it brought the Federal Communications Commission, all the state utility commissions and the federal courts into a new universe of “cooperative federalism.” See Philip J. Weiser, Chevron, Cooperative Federalism, and Telecommunications Reform, 52 Vand.L.Rev. 1, 53-54 (1999). The Supreme Court has remarked that the act’s interplay of state and federal authority is “surpassing strange” and that the Congressional “scheme” is decidedly novel, as…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- South Dakota v. DoleSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Bell Atlantic Maryland, Inc. v. MCI Worldcom, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Bell Atlantic-Delaware, Inc. v. McMahonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 2000
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