Legal Opinion
Qwest Communications Co. v. Aventure Communications Technology, LLC
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided February 17, 2015No. 4:07-cv-00078-JEGPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES E. GRITZNER, Chief Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION.939
II. JURISDICTION.940
III. BACKGROUND.
A. Telecommunication Regulatory Backdrop.
1. Communications Act of 1934 .
2. Anti-trust Litigation.
3. Telecommunications Act of 1996 .
4. The Act: IXCs, ILECs, and CLECs.
5. Relevant Provisions of the Act.
B. “Traffic Pumping” Litigation.
1. Farmers v. Qwest .
a. FCC: Farmers I .
b. FCC: Farmers Reconsideration I.
c. FCC: Farmers II.
d. FCC: Farmers Reconsideration II.
e. D.C. Circuit: Farmers & Merchants v. FCC.
2. FCC: All American Tel. Co. v. AT & T Corp. .'..
a. FCC: All American I.
b. FCC: All…
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