United States Fifth Circuit
AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST, INC. v. CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS, 99-11397
Where a Dallas city ordinance has been preempted by an intervening Texas statute, and the ordinance itself has been repealed, the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of telecommunications companies wishing to enter into the local telephone market is moot.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/15/2001
- Published 03/15/2001
Judges
- E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before HILL,JOLLY and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Lionel Mark Schooler (argued), Jackson & Walker, Houston, TX, for Sprint Communications Company LP., David John Schenck (argued), Robert Edwin Davis, Hughes & Luce, Dallas, TX, David F. Brown, Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Austin, TX, for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Clarence A. West, Joe Wallace Beverly, Houston, TX, for City of Dallas, Texas and Texas Coalition of Cities on Franchised Utilities Issues (TCCFUI), Amicus Curiae., Thomas K. Anson, Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, Austin, TX, George H. Tarpley, Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, Dallas, TX, David F. Graham (argued), Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Andrew W. Austin, Austin, TX, for AT&T Communications of the Southwest, Inc., Richard L. Crozier, Davidson & Troilo, Austin, TX, for Caprock Communications Corp., Golden Harbor of Texas Inc., Westel Inc. and Taylor Communications Inc.