United States Seventh Circuit

The bankruptcy court injunction requiring Global NAPs, Inc. to "port" local numbers to competitive local exchange carriers that had agreed to furnish the debtor with lower-cost service, is premised on a questionable interpretation of "location" in the Telecommunications Act. The injunction is stayed pending an FCC decision on the meaning of "location" for purposes of wireline-to-wireline portability.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/01/2003
• Decided 01/09/2004
• Published 01/09/2004

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• George J. Spathis (argued), Shaw, Gussis, Fishman, Glantz, Wolfson & Towbin, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants., John Collen (argued), Duane Morris, Chicago, IL, for Debtor-Appellee.