Legal Opinion
E.Spire Communications, Inc. v. New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 21, 2004No. 03-2161PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
This case arose pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the “Act”), codified at 47 U.S.C. § 151, et seq. The district court’s opinion provides a good history of the telecommunications industry and a detailed description of the instant dispute which will not be repeated at length here. The relevant facts are as follows.
In 1996, Appellant e.spire Communications, Inc.’s predecessor, American Communications Services, Inc., (“ACSI”), requested interconnection, service, and unbundled network elements from U.S. West, Appellee Qwest’s predecessor. When the parties were…
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