United States DC Circuit

Petitions for review of a partial grant and denial of a competitive local exchange carrier's petition asking the FCC to forbear from applying certain interim, intercarrier compensation rules governing telecommunications traffic bound for Internet service providers are denied over both the competitive and incumbent local exchange carriers' claims of error.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/27/2005
• Decided 06/30/2006
• Published 06/30/2006

Judges

• Before:  SENTELLE, TATEL, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael B. Hazzard argued the cause for petitioner Core Communications, Inc. With him on the briefs was Deborah J. Israel., Scott H. Angstreich argued the cause for petitioner BellSouth Corporation and ILEC Intervenors.   With him on the briefs were Bennett L. Ross, Robert B. McKenna, Jr., Gary L. Phillips, James P. Lamoureux, Michael E. Glover, and Edward Shakin., Christopher J. Wright argued the cause for CLEC Intervenors.   With him on the brief were Richard M. Rindler, John T. Nakahata, and Timothy J. Simeone.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joel Marcus, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondent.   With him on the brief were Thomas O. Barnett, Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Robert B. Nicholson and Robert J. Wiggers, Attorneys, Samuel L. Feder, Acting General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Jacob M. Lewis, Associate General Counsel, John E. Ingle, Deputy Associate General Counsel, and Laurence N. Bourne, Counsel.  Nandan M. Joshi, Counsel, entered an appearance., Bennett L. Ross, Robert T. McKenna, Jr., Scott H. Angstreich, Gary L. Phillips, James P. Lamoureux, Michael E. Glover, and Edward Shakin were on the brief of ILEC Intervenors in support of respondent.