Legal Opinion
At&T Communications of Virginia, Inc. v. Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 15, 1999No. 98-2131, 98-2147, 98-2196PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge HOWARD and Judge FRIEDMAN joined.
OPINION
MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:
After Congress enacted the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56, codified at 47 U.S.C. § 251 et seq. (the Act), AT&T Communications of Virginia, Inc. (AT&T) and MCI Telecommunications Corp. and MCImetro Access Services of Virginia, Inc. (collectively, MCI) tried to enter the local telephone market in Virginia served by Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Inc. (Bell Atlantic), an authorized monopoly…
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- Bell Atlantic-Delaware, Inc. v. McMahonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 2000
- At&t Communications of Virginia, Incorporated, and MCI Telecommunications Corporation, a Delaware Corporation McImetro Access Transmission Services of Virginia, Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation v. Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Incorporated Hullihen Williams Moore, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission I. Clinton Miller, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Theodore v. Morrison, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission State Corporation Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia, and Richard Cullen, Attorney General of Virginia, Intervenor-Defendant, and Federal Communications Commission, Party in Interest. MCI Telecommunications Corporation, a Delaware Corporation McImetro Access Transmission Services of Virginia, Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation, and At&t Communications of Virginia, Incorporated, Intervenor-Plaintiff v. Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Incorporated Hullihen Williams Moore, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission I. Clinton Miller, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Theodore v. Morrison, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission State Corporation Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia, and Richard Cullen, Attorney General of Virginia, Intervenor-Defendant, and Federal Communications Commission, Party in Interest. MCI Telecommunications Corporation, a Delaware Corporation McImetro Access Transmission Services of Virginia, Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation At&t Communications of Virginia, Incorporated v. Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Incorporated, and Hullihen Williams Moore, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission I. Clinton Miller, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Theodore v. Morrison, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission State Corporation Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia, and Richard Cullen, Attorney General of Virginia, Intervenor-Defendant, and Federal Communications Commission, Party in InterestCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999