United States Fifth Circuit
Premiere Network Servs., Inc. v. SBC Communications, Inc., 04-41574
47 U.S.C. section 207 is an election-of-remedies provision with regards to claims against telecommunications carriers. Once an election is made by either filing a complaint with the FCC or filing a complaint in federal court, a party may not thereafter file a complaint on the same issues in the alternative forum, regardless of the status of the complaint.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/16/2006
- Published 02/20/2006
Judges
- BEAM, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, BEAM, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- George G. Brin (argued), Gerald Dale McFarlen, Brin & Brin, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Harry M. Reasoner (argued), George Allan Van Fleet, Gwendolyn Johnson Samora, Vinson & Elkins, Alison L. Smith, Haynes & Boone, Houston, TX, Javier Aguilar, Cynthia Faught Malone, SBC Communications, Inc., San Antonio, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.