United States Tenth Circuit
WWC Holding Co., Inc. v. Sopkin, 06-1156
The Telecommunications Act does not prevent a state's Public Utilities Commission from exercising its express statutory authority under Section 214(e) of the Act in a way that affects the interstate components of services offered by carriers who are otherwise subject to the PUC's jurisdiction. Further, section 214(e) governs "eligible telecommunications carrier" (ETC) designations and does not require state commissions to issue rules and regulations regarding the conditions that are imposed on a carrier seeking ETC designation.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/05/2007
- Published 06/06/2007
Judges
- EBEL, Circuit Judge., Before BRISCOE, EBEL, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Paul C. Gomez, First Assistant Attorney General, Denver, CO, (John W. Suthers, Colorado Attorney General, with him on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellants., Phillip R. Schenkenberg, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.