United States DC Circuit

Petition for review of respondent's order allowing Internet telephone service petitioners only 120 days to transmit 911 calls to a local emergency authority, which is already required of providers of traditional telephone service, is denied, as respondent adequately considered not only the technical and economic feasibility of the deadline but also the public safety objectives respondent is required to achieve.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/15/2006
• Published 12/15/2006

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and GRIFFITH and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Russell M. Blau argued the cause for petitioners.   With him on the briefs were Richard M. Rindler and Joshua M. Bobeck., Michael E. Glover, Karen Zacharia, Leslie V. Owsley, Joseph R. Guerra, David L. Lawson, and Gary L. Phillips were on the brief for intervenors AT & T Corporation and Verizon Telephone Companies.  David W. Carpenter entered an appearance.


• For Appellees:
  
• James M. Carr, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents.   With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Douglas N. Letter, Appellant Litigation Counsel, Scott R. McIntosh, Special Counsel, Samuel L. Feder, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, and Jacob M. Lewis and Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel.   John E. Ingle, Deputy Associate General Counsel, and Nandan M. Joshi, Counsel, entered appearances.