Legal Opinion
Verizon California, Inc. v. Peevey
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 7, 2006No. 04-16382, 04-16394PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge:
These appeals arise out of a dispute between local exchange carriers over the identification of internet-bound traffic, and compensation for delivery of telephone calls to internet service providers and for calls that appear to the customer to be made within a local area code but in fact are not. One of the carriers, Verizon California, Inc., had an exclusive franchise within California before passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. However, the Act established a competitive system whereby, “incumbent” local exchange carriers such as Verizon…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utility Commission of TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Worldcom, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Sprint Corporation, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
- Global Naps, Inc. v. Verizon New England, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Western Radio Services Co. v. Qwest Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Verizon California, Inc. v. Michael R. Peevey Loretta M. Lynch Carl W. Wood Geoffrey F. Brown Susan P. Kennedy, in Their Official Capacities as Commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, and Not as Individuals Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., Counter-Claimant-Appellant v. Verizon California, Inc., Counter-Defendant-Appellee v. Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., Cross-Claimant-Appellant v. Michael R. Peevey Loretta M. Lynch Carl W. Wood Geoffrey F. Brown Susan P. Kennedy, in Their Official Capacities as Commissioners of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, and Not as Individuals, Cross-Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Level 3 Communications, Inc. v. Public Utility CommissionDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 2012
- Western Radio Services Co. v. Qwest CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008