Legal Opinion
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. MCIMetro Access Transmission Services, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided May 3, 2000No. Civ. A. Nos. 1:99-CV-0248-JOF, 1:99-CV-0249-JOF, 1:99-CV-0518-JOF and 1:99-CV-0781-JOFPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
FORRESTER, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on Plaintiffs petitions for judicial review of four orders of the Georgia Public Service Commission (“PSC”).
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
A. Procedural History
Plaintiff, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (“BellSouth”), filed the instant actions seeking judicial review, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 252(e)(6), of four PSC orders holding that BellSouth must pay reciprocal compensation to its competitors for calls made to Internet service providers (“ISP”).1 BellSouth subsequently filed emergency motions to pay into court the amounts owed under…
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- Global Naps, Inc. v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2002
- Bell Atlantic Maryland, Inc. v. MCI Worldcom, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Bell Atlantic Maryland, Incorporated v. MCI Worldcom, Incorporated American Communications Services of Maryland, Incorporated Rcn Telecom Services of Maryland, Incorporated Starpower Communications, LLC Tcg Maryland McImetro Access Transmission Services, Incorporated the Public Service Commission of Maryland Glenn F. Ivey, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Public Service Commission of Maryland Claude M. Ligon, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Maryland E. Mason Hendrickson, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Maryland Susan Brogan, in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Maryland Catherine I. Riley, in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Maryland, United States of America, Intervenor/defendant-Appellee, Maryland Office of People's Counsel, Bell Atlantic Maryland, Incorporated, and United States of America, Intervenor v. The Public Service Commission of Maryland Glenn F. Ivey, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Public Service Commission of Maryland Claude M. Ligon, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Maryland E. Mason Hendrickson, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Maryland Susan Brogan, in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Maryland Catherine I. Riley, in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Public Service Commission of Maryland, and American Communications Services of Maryland, Incorporated Rcn Telecom Services of Maryland, Incorporated Starpower Communications, LLC Tcgmaryland McImetro Access Transmission Services, Incorporated Maryland Office of People's Counsel MCI Worldcom, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Bell Atlantic v. MCICourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
- BellSouth Telecommunications v. MCImetro AccessCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
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