Legal Opinion
Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. v. Iowa Utilities Board
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 28, 2009No. 08-2140PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (Iowa Telecom) appeals from the district court’s 1 order affirming the Iowa Utilities Board’s ruling that Sprint Communications LP (Sprint) is a telecommunications carrier under the Telecommunications Act of 1996(Act) and thus entitled to interconnect with the local exchange carriers’ networks. We affirm.
I. Background
The issue on appeal is whether Sprint is a telecommunications carrier under the Act, and we limit our background discussion accordingly. We borrow heavily from the district court’s thorough presentation of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Iowa Network Services, Inc. v. Qwest CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. v. Missouri Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
- Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1999
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