Legal Opinion

US West Communications, Inc. v. Hamiton

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 13, 2000No. Nos. 99-35462, 99-35586, 99-35587PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

In these consolidated appeals, AT & T Communications of the Pacific Northwest (“AT & T”), MCI Metro Access Transmission Services (“MCI”), and WorldCom Technologies (‘WorldCom”) appeal district court judgments invalidating several provisions of arbitrated interconnection agreements with U.S. West Communications (“US West”)1 pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (“the Act”). We conclude that all the challenged provisions of the interconnection agreements are valid under the Act and its implementing regulations. We therefore reverse the district court’s…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Bennett v. SpearSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Erlenbaugh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Iowa Utilities Board v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  5. Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. Federal Aviation Administration William Withycombe, Regional Administrator, FaaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Us West Communications, Inc., and United States of America, Intervenor v. Roger Hamilton, Chairman of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Ron Eachus, Commissioner of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Joan H. Smith, Commissioner of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Oregon Public Utility Commission MCI Metro Access Transmission Services, Inc. Sprint Communications, and At&t Communications of the Pacific Northwest, Inc., Us West Communications, Inc., and United States of America, Intervenor v. Roger Hamilton, Chairman of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Ron Eachus, Commissioner of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Joan H. Smith, Commissioner of the Oregon Public Utility Commission Oregon Public Utility Commission At&t Communications of the Pacific Northwest, Inc. Sprint Communications, and MCI Metro Access Transmission Services, Inc., Us West Communications, Inc. v. Worldcom Technologies, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000

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