United States Sixth Circuit

An Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) failed to show that the Michigan Public Service Commission acted arbitrarily or capriciously in determining that the ILEC recovers or should recover the costs of special construction work as part of long-range recurring charges.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/31/2001
• Decided 09/30/2002
• Published 09/30/2002

Judges

• Before BOGGS, DAUGHTREY, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John E. Muench (briefed), Theodore A. Livingston (briefed), Dennis G. Friedman, Demetrios G. Metropoulos (argued and briefed), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, Jeffrey V. Stuckey (briefed), Michael G. Vartanian (briefed), Dickinson, Wright PLLC, Lansing, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David A. Voges, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael A. Nickerson (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Public Service Div., Lansing, MI, William Reid Ralls (briefed), Leland R. Rosier (briefed), Clark Hill PLC, Okemos, MI, Bradley R. Kruse (briefed), David R. Conn (argued), McLeodusa Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA, for Defendants-Appellees.