Legal Opinion
United States Telecom Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 24, 2002No. Nos. 00-1012, 00-1015, 00-1025, 01-1075, 01-1102 and 01-1103PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Petitioners in these two cases — certain incumbent local exchange carriers (“ILECs”) and the U.S. Telecom Association, representing approximately 1200 such carriers — seek review of two rulemaking orders of the Federal Communications Commission. One order requires ILECs to lease a variety of “unbundled network elements” (“UNEs”) to competitive local exchange carriers (“CLECs”), and the other unbundles a portion of the spectrum of local copper loops so that CLECs can offer competitive Digital Subscriber…
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