United States First Circuit

The doctrine of issue preclusion does not bind one state's commission to apply the findings and conclusions of another state's commission in disputes between the same parties about the interpretation of identical contract language contained in different state interconnection agreements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/18/2005
• Published 10/18/2005

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH and HOWARD, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel J. Hammond, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy and Paul B. Vasington, James Connelly, W. Robert Keating, Deirdre K. Manning, and Eugene J. Sullivan, in their official capacities as Commissioners., Scott H. Angstreich, with whom Bruce P. Beausejour, Keefe B. Clemons, Sean A. Lev, and Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., were on brief, for Verizon New England, Inc., William J. Rooney, Jr., with whom Jeffrey C. Melick was on brief, for Global NAPs, Inc.