MCI Telecommunications Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Pacific Bell, Intervenors

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge: '

In these consolidated cases, we review 21 orders of the Federal Communications Commission adjudicating damage actions filed by several interexchange carriers (IXCs) alleging that various local exchange carriers (LECs) overcharged them for interstate access services. The LECs ask us to set aside the 21 orders on the ground that the Commission’s approach to awarding damages is unlawful and most of the IXCs’ damages claims are barred by the statute of limitations. The IXCs want us to modify the Commission’s orders…