United States Seventh Circuit

47 C.F.R. section 52.107, which proscribes the brokering of toll-free telephone numbers, is not retroactive and does not affect transactions entered into before its effective date; thus, the continued payment of royalties under a pre-1997 agreement, whereby a toll-free telephone number was effectively sold in exchange for the payment of royalties, is not illegal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/17/2002
• Decided 03/29/2002
• Published 03/29/2002

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Earl H. Munson (argued), Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey A. Simmons, William M. Conley (argued), Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, doe Defendants-Appellees.