United States Seventh Circuit

District court's injunction is affirmed where the Telecommunications Act of 1996 preempts 220 ILCS 5/13-408 because, 1)federal law makes the state regulatory commission the exclusive source of non-federal substantive rules, and 2) the particular statutory rules for the handling of fill factors and depreciation conflict with TELRIC.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/10/2003
• Published 11/10/2003

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David W. Carpenter (argued), Mark B. Blocker, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Voices for Choices, AT&T Communications of Illinois and Association for Local Telecommunications Services., Mark D. Schneider, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, John R. Harrington, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for MCI Metro Access Transmission Services., Stephen M. Shapiro (argued), Theodore A. Liviingston, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Illinois Bell Telephone and Ameritech., Julian Solotorovsky, Henry T. Kelly, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Chicago, IL, for Talk America, Z-Tel Communications, Corecomm Illinois, Data Net Systems, Trucomm, and Focal Communications Co. of Illinois., Julie B. Lucas, Robert J. Kelter, Citizens Utility Board, Chicago, IL, for Citizens Utility Board., Thomas H. Rowland, Rowland & Moore, Chicago, IL, for Globalcom., Owen E. MacBride, Barry S. Alberts, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, for TDS Metrocom, MPower Communications, and McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services.