Legal Opinion
MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 24, 2000No. Nos. 98-2127, 99-2811, 99-2805, 99-2873, 99-2806, 99-2992PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals challenge determinations made by state regulatory commissions exercising their authority under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (“the 1996 Telecommunications Act” or “the Act”), Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996) (codified in scattered sections of Title 47 of the United States Code). We must decide whether private carriers may sue state commissions and their commissioners in federal court for alleged violations of §§ 251 and 252 of the Act. These sections set forth the process by which Congress sought to bring competition to local…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Hans v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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