United States Third Circuit

Independent Internet service providers' and other entities' petition for review of an FCC order which substantially limits federal regulation of high-speed Internet access service provided over traditional telephone lines is denied as the order was based on a reasonable interpretation of the Communications Act of 1934, and was a proper exercise of agency discretion.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/16/2007
• Decided 10/16/2007
• Published 10/16/2007

Judges

• Before:  FUENTES, GREENBERG, and LOURIE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David P. Murray(Argued), Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner Time Warner Telecom Inc., Michael K. Kellogg(Argued), Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Intervenors BellSouth Corp. and AT & T Inc., Robert B. McKenna, Qwest Services Corporation, Denver, CO, for Intervenor Qwest Communications International Inc., Stephen J. Rosen, Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby LLP, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee., Andrew G. McBride, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenors the Verizon telephone companies., Mark J. O'Connor, Donna N. Lampert(Argued), Lampert & O'Connor, P.C., Washington, DC, for Petitioner Earthlink Inc., Harold Feld, Media Access Project, Washington, DC, for Intervenors National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture;  Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, Inc.;   and Center for Digital Democracy., Marc J. Fink, John W. Butler(Argued), Sher & Blackwell LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner COMPTEL., Ivan C. Evilsizer, Helena, MT, for Intervenor Montana Sky Networks Inc., Joshua M. Bobeck, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners ACN Communications Services Inc.;   Broadwing Communications;  Integra Telecom Inc.;   McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services Inc.;   Mpower Communications Corp.;   and Pac-West Telecomm. Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• James M. Carr(Argued), Federal Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Respondent Federal Communications Commission., Nancy C. Garrison, Catherine G. O'Sullivan, United States Department of Justice, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Respondent United States of America.