United States Ninth Circuit

In an action by a competitive local exchange carrier alleging that defendants, as commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers, failed to properly compensate plaintiff for terminating their calls on plaintiff's network, dismissal of the complaint for lack of jurisdiction is affirmed where plaintiff did not have a private right of action to seek compensation from CMRS providers in federal court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/17/2009
• Decided 02/10/2010
• Published 02/10/2010

Judges

• Before JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and CLAUDIA WILKEN,District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph G. Dicks (argued) and Christopher J. Reichman, Dicks & Workman, San Diego, CA, for Appellant North County Communications.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Hueston and Laura W. Brill (argued), Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, CA, for Appellee Cal-One Cellular L.P. and Cellco Partnership., Martin L. Fineman, Suzanne K. Toller, and Gregory J. Kopta (argued), Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Appellees T-Mobile USA, Cingular Wireless, and Cricket Communications, Inc., Alan E. Greenberg and Kelly A. Van Nort, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, San Diego, CA, for Appellee PhoneCo, L.P.