United States Eleventh Circuit

Sherman Antitrust Act claims, in an action based on the breach of an "interconnection agreement," are not preempted by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and antitrust violations are sufficiently pled.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2002
• Published 08/02/2002

Judges

• BARKETT, Circuit Judge:, Before BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and HIGHSMITH , District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kimberly L. Myers, Tony G. Powers, Rogers & Hardin, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Michael J. Guzman, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Richard G. Taranto, Farr & Taranto, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Verizon Communications, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• A. Stephens Clay, IV, James F. Bogan, III, Kilpatrick & Cody, J. Henry Walker, Ashley B. Watson, Marc William Franklin Galonsky, Marc Gary, BellSouth Corp., Atlanta, GA, Jeffrey W. Sarles, Stephen Michael Shapiro, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, Michael K. Kellogg, Aaron M. Panner, Mark C. Hansen, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.