Legal Opinion
Western Radio Services Co. v. Qwest Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 9, 2008No. 05-35796PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (“1996 Act”), Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996), “incumbent” local exchange carriers are required to enter into interconnection agreements with newer local exchange carriers. If the two carriers cannot reach agreement through negotiation, either party may petition the state’s public utilities commission to request arbitration of any open issues.
Western Radio Services Co. (“Western”) filed a petition with the Oregon Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) requesting arbitration of its attempts to establish an interconnection…
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