Legal Opinion
MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. State
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 15, 1991No. 68200PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMA WILSON, Justice:
When the federal courts ordered the break up of the Bell System in 1982, the nation was divided into “Local Access and Transport Areas” (LATAs). 1 The judgment reorganized AT & T, divested its regional Bell operating telephone companies, and limited the Bell operating telephone companies 2 to providing long distance toll service within a LATA. Oklahoma consists of two major LATAs which approximate the 918 and 405 area code boundaries. Telephone service between LATAs could be provided only by interexchange carriers such as MCI, US Sprint, or AT & T Communications of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
- Teleco, Inc. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- McAlester Gas & Coke Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- State Ex Rel. H. F. Wilcox Oil & Gas Co. v. WalkerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
- Valliant Telephone Co. v. Corporation Commission of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
3Cited by15 opinions
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