Legal Opinion
Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Inc. v. Box
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 26, 2008No. 08-1489, 08-1494PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Illinois Bell brought this suit for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Illinois Commerce Commission, which regulates the telecommunications industry in Illinois, to prevent the commission from requiring Illinois Bell to sell Globalcom (another telecom company, which has intervened as a defendant) some of Illinois Bell’s services at cost, a requirement that Illinois Bell claims is preempted by federal regulation of telecommunications. The district judge granted summary judgment in favor of Illinois Bell. Although the dual federal-state regulatory scheme for the…
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