Legal Opinion

Communications Telesystems International v. California Public Utility Commission

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided November 4, 1999No. Nos. 98-16400, 99-15940PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Communications Telesystems International (“CTS”) sued in district court (“CTS 1 ”) to set aside sanctions imposed upon it by the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”). CTS claimed that the sanctions violated the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 253 (the “Act”). The district court eventually dismissed the action in deference to state proceedings under the doctrine of Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 91 S.Ct. 746, 27 L.Ed.2d 669 (1971). See CTS v. CPUC, 14 F.Supp.2d 1165, 1166-67 (N.D.Cal.1998). CTS appeals that decision in Appeal No.…

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3Cited by1 opinion

Communications Telesystems International, a California Corporation, and Greenlining Institute Latino Issues Forum Greenlining Institute and Latino Issues Forum, Intervenors v. California Public Utility Commission P. Gregory Conlon Jessie J. Knight, Jr. Henry M. Duque Josiah L. Neper Richard A. Bilas, Communications Telesystems International, a California Corporation v. P. Gregory Conlon Jessie J. Knight Henry M. Duque Josiah L. Neper Richard A. Bilas, and Greenlining Institute and Latino Issues Forum, Defendant-Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999