Legal Opinion
Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 12, 2003No. Civ.A. 99-5391, Civ.A. 03-685PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
KATZ, Senior District Judge.
These consolidated actions arise from two challenges to decisions of the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) evaluating an interconnection agreement reached by Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. (“Verizon,” known then as Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania) and MCI WorldCom (“WorldCom”) for compliance with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 251 et seq. 1 Each action was brought pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 252(e)(6), which grants federal district court jurisdiction over suits filed by parties aggrieved by state commission determinations under…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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