United States Tenth Circuit

Denial of declaratory and injunctive relief for Qwest, an incumbent local exchange carrier, is affirmed where state commissions properly determined that the Telecommunications Act, specifically, 47 U.S.C. section 252(a)(1), required Qwest and a competitive local exchange carrier to submit their switch and shared transport agreement for approval.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/05/2007
• Published 03/06/2007

Judges

• PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, ALARCÓN, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John M. Devaney, Perkins, Coie, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellant., Scott H. Angstreich, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C. (and Gregory M. Romano, General Counsel-Northwest Region, Everett, WA, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae Verizon.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark T. Valentine, (John Suthers, Colorado Attorney General and Paul C. Gomez, First Assistant Attorney General, State Services Section, on the brief), Denver, CO, for Defendants-Appellees Public Utilities Commission of Colorado., Sandy J. Mooy, Attorney for Public Service Commission and Individual Commissioners, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants-Appellees Public Service Commission of Utah.