Legal Opinion

Competitive Telecommunications Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 5, 1996No. Nos. 95-1168, 95-1170PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Local phone companies, known as local exchange carriers (LECs), receive a fee for providing long distance phone companies, known as interexchange carriers (IXCs), with access to their customers. In 1992 the Federal Communications Commission adopted an interim rate structure that governs the access charges that IXCs pay to LECs. Petitioner AT&T protests that the interim structure is not cost-based and compels the large IXCs with dedicated access lines, for which they pay a flat rate, to subsidize the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
  3. Hawaiian Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  4. National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  5. Alltel Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, National Exchange Carrier Association, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Rural Cellular Ass'n v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
  2. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1999
  3. Competitive Telecommunications Ass'n v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  4. Central Maine Power Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  5. 1997-2 Trade Cases P 71,877, 8 Communications Reg. (P&f) 1068 Competitive Telecommunications Association, the Competition Policy Institute MCI Telecommunications Corporation General Communication, Inc. Telecommunications Resellers Association America's Carriers Telecommunication Association Cable & Wireless, Inc. At & T Corp. Maryland Public Service Commission Arkansas Public Service Commission Oregon Public Utility Commission North State Telephone Company Roseville Telephone Company Concord Telephone Company Rock Hill Telephone Company Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii Minnesota Public Utilities Commission the Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies Pacific Telecom, Inc. Minnesota Independent Coalition Worldcom, Inc. Kentucky Public Service Commission Kansas Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State of Texas Alabama Public Service Commission Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg New Mexico State Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Montana Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities Public Service Commission of Utah Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina Tennessee Regulatory Authority Aging Forum, Doing Business as National Silver Haired Congress, Inc. U.S. Coalition on Aging College for Living Council of Silver Haired Legislatures Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging Missouri Association for the Deaf Missouri Council of the Blind Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living Services for Independent Living Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oklahoma Corporation Commission Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control, Intervenors on Appeal v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, Bell Atlantic Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Sbc Communications, Inc. Us West, Inc. Us Telephone Association Ameritech Corporation Southern New England Telephone Company Gte Service Corporation New York Telephone Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Nextlink Communications, L.L.C. National Cable Television Association, Inc. Sprint Corp. American Communications Services, Inc. Association for Local Telecommunications Services Consumer Federation of America Jones Intercable, Inc. Telecommunications, Inc. Teleport Communications Group, Inc. Allied Associated Partners Geld Information Systems U.S. One Communications Services Frontier Corporation City of Long Beach, California City of Manassas, Virginia Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc. Personal Communications Industry Association Alltel Telephone Services Corporation Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance Excel Telecommunications, Inc. Paging Network, Inc. Nextwave Telecom, Inc. Small Cable Business Association Metrocall, Inc. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal. Honorable John D. Dingell Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin Honorable Rick Boucher Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf OfCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997

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