Sprint Communications Co. v. Elizabeth Jacobs

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Having previously come before us on issues of abstention, Sprint Commc’ns Co. v. Jacobs, 690 F.3d 864 (8th Cir. 2012) (Sprint I), rev’d sub nom. Sprint Commc’ns, Inc. v. Jacobs, — U.S. -, 134 S.Ct. 584, 187 L.Ed.2d 505 (2013), and issue preclusion, Sprint Commc’ns Co. v. Jacobs, 798 F.3d 705 (8th Cir. 2015) (Sprint II), this case now presents the question whether the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Telecommunications Act or Act), preempts the Iowa Utilities Board’s (Board’s) authority to compel Sprint Communications Company, L.P. (Sprint) to pay intrastate access…