Legal Opinion
MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Illinois Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 1999No. Nos. 98-2127, 98-2256PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff telephone companies brought this action against the Illinois Commerce Commission and various individual Commissioners. The companies alleged violations of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in connection with the defendants’ arbitration and approval of the companies’ interconnection agreements.1 The defendants now seek review of the district court’s denial of their motions to dismiss each case on Eleventh Amendment grounds. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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BACKGROUND
A. The Statutory Scheme
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3Cited by7 opinions
- At & T Communications of the South Central States, Inc. v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.District Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1999
- Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Climax Telephone Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 2000
- Illinois Bell Telephone Company v. Worldcom Technologies, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. TCG Milwaukee, Inc.District Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2002
- MCI Telecommunications Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and MCI Metro Access Transmission Services, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, and United States of America and Federal Communications Commission, Intervenors-Appellees v. Illinois Commerce Commission, Terry Harvill, Ruth K. Kretschmer, in Their Official Capacities as Commissioners of the Il Commerce Commission, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Doing Business as Ameritech Illinois, and United States of America and Federal Communications Commission, Intervenors-Appellees v. Terry Harvill, Richard Kolhauser, Ruth K. Kretschmer, in Their Official Capacities as Commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission and Not as IndividualsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
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