United States DC Circuit

Petition for review denied, where the FCC was authorized to place service-by-service restrictions on the use of unbundled network elements (UNEs) by competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2002
• Published 10/25/2002

Judges

• Before:  EDWARDS and ROGERS, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert J. Aamoth argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner., Mark D. Schneider argued the cause for intervenors WorldCom, Inc., et al., in support of petitioner.   With him on the briefs were Michael B. DeSanctis, Katherine A. Fallow, Thomas F. O'Neil III, William Single IV, David W. Carpenter, Peter D. Keisler, C. Frederick Beckner III, Mark C. Rosenblum, Charles C. Hunter, and Catherine M. Hannan.


• For Appellees:
  
• John E. Ingle, Deputy Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents.   With him on the briefs were John Rogovin, Deputy General Counsel, and Laurence N. Bourne, Counsel.   Nancy C. Garrison, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, entered an appearance., Michael K. Kellogg argued the cause for intervenors SBC Communications Inc., et al., in support of respondents.   With him on the briefs were Aaron M. Panner, Michael E. Glover, Edward Shakin, Gary L. Phillips, James D. Ellis, and Robert McKenna, Jr.