United States Sixth Circuit

In an incumbent local telecommunications carrier's challenge to a Michigan Public Service Commission order, a tariff requirement was inconsistent with the provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and was therefore invalid as completely ignoring and bypassing the detailed process for interconnection set out by Congress in the Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/07/2002
• Published 11/07/2002

Judges

• Before BOGGS, NORRIS, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Darryl M. Bradford (briefed), Sona Rewari (briefed), John R. Harrington, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Brian J. Leske (argued and briefed), Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae MCI., Darryl M. Bradford (briefed), John R. Harrington, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, David L. Lawson (briefed), Jennifer M. Rubin (briefed), Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae AT & T Communications of Michigan, Inc., Darryl M. Bradford (briefed), John R. Harrington, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Leland R. Rosier (briefed), Clark Hill, Okemos, MI, for Amici Curiae McLeod USA Telecommunications Services, Inc. and Association of Communication Enterprises., Darryl M. Bradford (briefed), John R. Harrington, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Brian J. Leske (argued and briefed), Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae MCI Merto Access Transmission Services, Inc., John E. Muench, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, Amicus Curiae Michigan Bell Telephone Co. dba Ameritech Michigan.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gerald Masoudi (argued), Christopher Landau, Patrick F. Philbin (briefed), Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee., David A. Voges, Assistant Attorney General (argued and briefed), Henry J. Boynton, Assistant Attorney General (briefed), Lansing, MI, for Defendants-Appellants.