Legal Opinion
Sprint Communications Co. v. Elizabeth S. Jacobs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 4, 2012No. 11-2984PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Sprint Communications Company, L.P. (Sprint) contests the Iowa Utilities Board’s (IUB) order compelling it to pay intrastate access charges to Windstream, an Iowa communications company, for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls. Sprint filed a complaint in federal district court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The same day, Sprint also filed a petition for review in Iowa state court, asserting, among other claims, that the IUB’s order was preempted under federal law. The federal district comb abstained pursuant to Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct.…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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