United States Ninth Circuit
US W. COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. WASHINGTON UTILS. & TRANSP. COMM'N, 98-36013
Incumbent local exchange carrier should only compensate a mobile phone provider at provider's costs and not the costs the provider avoids with an efficient network architecture.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/12/2000
- Decided 07/03/2001
- Published 07/03/2001
Judges
- BRIGHT, Circuit Judge:, Before: BRIGHT,REINHARDT, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Daniel M. Waggoner and Gregory J. Kopta, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the defendant-appellant., Michael C. Thompson and Joyce Grant, U.S. West, Inc., Denver, Colorado; Judith A. Endejan, Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee., Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and Ann E. Rendahl, Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, Washington, for defendants-appellees.