BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. Georgia Public Service Commission

Competitive Carriers of the South, Inc. (CompSouth) appeals the district court’s grant of declaratory and injunctive relief to BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (BellSouth), and the district court’s denial of declaratory and injunctive relief to CompSouth. Both BellSouth and Comp-South brought actions seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from orders of the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). These actions were consolidated in the district court because they turned on a common question of law — namely, whether the PSC has authority to implement 47 U.S.C. § 271. These cases have also…