Legal Opinion
Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. Vartec Telecom, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided February 14, 2002No. 4:01cv480-RHPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER OF REMAND
HINKLE, District Judge.
This is a dispute between two telecommunications carriers concerning the amount due from one to the other for terminating access charges. The proceeding was initiated by a complaint filed with the Florida Public Service Commission. It was removed to this court based on the assertion that a proceeding of this nature filed with the Commission is in substance a “civil action brought in a State court,” within the meaning of the federal removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1441. I conclude that the Florida Public Service Commission is an administrative agency, and not…
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- Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
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