COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION, Petitioner,
The Competition Policy Institute; MCI Telecommunications Corporation; General Communication, Inc.; Telecommunications Resellers Association; America's Carriers Telecommunication Association; Cable & Wireless, Inc.; AT & T Corp.; Maryland Public Service Commission; Arkansas Public Service Commission; Oregon Public Utility Commission; North State Telephone Company; Roseville Telephone Company; Concord Telephone Company; Rock Hill Telephone Company; Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii; Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; The Ad Hoc Coalition of Telecommunications Manufacturing Companies; Pacific Telecom, Inc.; Minnesota Independent Coalition; Worldcom, Inc.; Kentucky Public Service Commission; Kansas Corporation Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming; Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission; Public Service Commission of Wisconsin; State of Texas; Alabama Public Service Commission; Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg; New Mexico State Corporation Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of Montana; Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Public Utilities; Public Service Commission of Utah; Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina; Tennessee Regulatory Authority; Aging Forum, doing business as National Silver Haired Congress, Inc.; U.S. Coalition on Aging; College for Living; Council of Silver Haired Legislatures; Missouri Alliance of Area Agencies on Aging; Missouri Association for the Deaf; Missouri Council of the Blind; Presidents' Club for Telecommunications Justice; Paraquad, Rural Advocates for Independent Living; Services for Independent Living; Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado; Department of Public Utilities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Public Service Commission of the State of Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control, Intervenors on Appeal,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents,
Bell Atlantic Corporation; Bellsouth Corporation; Pacific Telesis Group; SBC Communications, Inc.; US West, Inc.; US Telephone Association; Ameritech Corporation; Southern New England Telephone Company; GTE Service Corporation; New York Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph Company; Nextlink Communications, L.L.C.; National Cable Television Association, Inc.; Sprint Corp.; American Communications Services, Inc.; Association for Local Telecommunications Services; Consumer Federation of America; Jones Intercable, Inc.; Telecommunications, Inc.; Teleport Communications Group, Inc.; Allied Associated Partners; Geld Information Systems; U.S. One Communications Services; Frontier Corporation; City of Long Beach, California; City of Manassas, Virginia; Time Warner Communications Holdings, Inc.; Personal Communications Industry Association; Alltel Telephone Services Corporation; Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance; Excel Telecommunications, Inc.; Paging Network, Inc.; Nextwave Telecom, Inc.; Small Cable Business Association; Metrocall, Inc.; Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Intervenors on Appeal.
Honorable John D. Dingell; Honorable W.J. (Billy) Tauzin; Honorable Rick Boucher; Honorable Dennis Hastert, Amici on Behalf of Petitioner.
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Submitted January 17, 1997.
Decided June 27, 1997.
