Legal Opinion
Aventure Communications Technology, LLC v. Sprint Communications Co.
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided March 19, 2015No. 4:08-cv-00005-JEGPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES E. GRITZNER, Senior Judge
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION... .712
II. JURISDICTION... .712
III. BACKGROUND... .712
A Telecommunication Regulatory Backdrop .... 712
1. Communications Act of 1934.... 712
2. Anti-trust Litigation.... 713
3. Telecommunications Act of 1996....714
4. The Act: IXCs, ILECs, and CLECs.... 714
*7115.Relevant Provisions of the Act... .716
B.“Traffic Pumping” Litigation... .718
1. Farmers v. Qwest....719
a. FCC: Farmers I....719
b. FCC: Farmers Reconsideration 1....720
c. FCC: Farmers II....721
d. FCC: Farmers Reconsideration 11....724
e. D.C. Circuit: Farmers & Merchants v.…
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