United States Fifth Circuit

The FCC may not maintain implicit subsidies, whether permissive or mandatory, so the FCC's Remand Order permitting ILECs to recoup universal services costs through access charges is contrary to the plain language of 47 USC 254(e).

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2001
• Published 05/03/2001

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and POGUE, Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Danny E. Adams (argued), Rebekah J. Kinnett, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Washington, DC, for Comsat Corp., Gene C. Schaerr (argued), James P. Young, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for AT&T Corp., William Single, IV, Worldcom, Inc., Thomas F. O'Neil, III, MCI Telecommunications Corp., Washington, DC, for MCI WorldCom., Charles C. Hunter, Catherine M. Hannan, Hunter Communications Law Group, Washington, DC, for Telecommunications Resellers Ass'n., Harold Richard Juhnke, Sprint Corp., Washington, DC, for Sprint Corp., Robert B. McKenna, Qwest Communications International Inc., Steven R. Beck, US West, Denver, CO, for US West, Inc. and US West Communications, Inc., Lisa Serene Gelb (argued), Daniel M. Armstrong, III, John E. Ingle, Christopher Joseph Wright, Federal Communication Commission, Washington, DC, for F.C.C., Nancy C. Garrison, Catherine G. O'Sullivan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Antitrust Div., App. Section, Washington, DC, for United States of America.