IOWA UTILITIES BD. v. F.C.C.

Nos. 96-3321, 96-3406, 96-3410, 96-3414, 96-3416, 96-3418, 96-3424, 96-3430, 96-3436, 96-3444, 96-3450, 96-3453, 96-3460, 96-3507, 96-3519, 96-3520, 96-3603, 96-3604 and 96-3608.

109 F.3d 418 (1996)

IOWA UTILITIES BOARD, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. The SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. BELL ATLANTIC CORPORATION; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific Telesis Group, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. AMERITECH CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. US WEST, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. GTE SERVICE CORPORATION; GTE Alaska, Incorporated; GTE Arkansas, Incorporated; GTE California, Incorporated; GTE Florida, Incorporated; GTE Midwest, Incorporated; GTE South, Incorporated; GTE Southwest, Incorporated; GTE North, Incorporated; GTE Northwest, Incorporated; GTE Hawaiian Telephone Company, Incorporated; GTE West Coast, Incorporated; Contel of California, Inc.; Contel of Minnesota, Inc.; Contel of the South, Inc., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY; New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. CINCINNATI BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. PEOPLE OF the STATE OF NEW YORK; The Public Service Commission of the State of New York, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. SBC COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. The PEOPLE OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA; The Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. UNITED STATES TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. RURAL TELEPHONE COALITION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed October 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Barr, Stamford Connecticut, argued for the local exchanges, and Diane Munns, Des Moines, Iowa, argued for the state utilities boards.

Christopher Wright, Washington, DC, argued for respondents.

David Carpenter, Chicago, Illinois, argued for intervenors.

Before BOWMAN, WOLLMAN and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

These cases have been consolidated in this circuit by the September 11, 1996 order of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Docket No. RTC-31, pursuant to Rule 24 of the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. See 28 U.S.C. § 2112(a)(3) (1994). Numerous petitioners have moved this court for a stay pending judicial review of the Federal Communications Commission's First Report and Order.

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