AT&T CORP. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COM'N

No. 15-1059.

841 F.3d 1047 (2016)

AT&T CORP., Petitioner v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. Bandwidth.com, Inc., et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Guerra , argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Peter D. Keisler , James P. Young , Kwaku A. Akowuah , Gary L. Phillips , Washington, DC, and David L. Lawson.

Sarah E. Citrin , Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents. On the brief were William J. Baer , Assistant Attorney General, Robert B. Nicholson and Robert J. Wiggers , Attorneys, Jonathan B. Sallett , General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, David M. Gossett , Deputy General Counsel, Jacob M. Lewis , Associate General Counsel, Richard K. Welch , Deputy Associate General Counsel, and Lisa S. Gelb , Counsel. James M. Carr , Counsel, entered an appearance.

Christopher J. Wright , argued the cause for intervenors. With him on the brief were John T. Nakahata , Timothy J. Simeone , Stephen W. Miller , Joshua M. Bobeck , Charles A. Zdebski , and Jeffrey P. Brundage.   John R. Grimm , Washington, DC, entered an appearance.

Before: Rogers, Circuit Judge, and Williams and Randolph, Senior Circuit Judges.


This case arises from the ongoing transition of American telephony to the Internet. The process creates challenges to a regulatory system designed for the pre-Internet world, the familiar "public switched telephone network" or "PSTN." We deal here with the fees that local exchange carriers ("LECs") can charge inter...

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