MICHIGAN BELL TELE. v. MFS INTELENET OF MICHIGAN

No. 5:98 CV 18.

16 F.Supp.2d 828 (1998)

MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO., d/b/a Ameritech Michigan, Inc., Plaintiff, v. MFS INTELENET OF MICHIGAN, INC., TCG Detroit, Brooks Fiber Communications of Michigan, Inc., MCI Telecommunications Corp., MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc., AT & T Communications of Michigan, Inc., BRE Communications, LLC, and John G. Strand, John C. Shea, and David A. Svanda, Commissioners of the Michigan Public Service Commission, in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

August 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Livingston, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, Michael A. Holmes, Ameritech Michigan, Detroit, MI, Edward R. Becker, John M. Dempsey, Dickinson Wright P.L.L.C., Lansing, MI, for Michigan Bell Telephone Company dba Ameritech Michigan, Inc., plaintiffs.

Richard M. Rindler, Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC, William R. Ralls, Butzel Long, Norman C. Witte, Lansing, MI, for Defendant MFS Intelenet of Michigan, Inc.

Douglas W. Trabaris, Teleport Communications Group, Inc., Chicago, IL, Roderick S. Coy, Stephen J. Videto, Clark Hill, P.L.C., Okemos, MI, for Defendant TCG Detroit.

William R. Ralls, Butzel Long, Norman C. Witte, Lansing, MI, for Defendant Brooks Fiber Communications of Michigan, Inc.

Lori M. Silsbury, Dykema Gossett, PLLC, Detroit, Lori M. Silsbury, Albert Ernst, Dykema Gossett, Lansing, MI, for Defendants MCI Telecommunications Corp., MCIMetro Access Transmission Services, Inc.

Arthur J. LeVasseur, George Hogg, Jr., Sidney M. Berman, Fischer, Franklin & Ford, Detroit, MI, for Defendant AT&T Communications of Michigan, Inc.

Richard C. Gould, Grandville, MI, for Defendant BRE Communications, L.L.C.

David M. Gadaleto, Asst. Atty. General, Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Liquor Control Division, Secondary Complex, Lansing, MI, Don L. Keskey, Asst. Atty. General, David A. Voges, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Public Service Division, Lansing, MI, for Defendants John G. Strand, John C. Shea, David A. Svanda.


OPINION

ENSLEN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Michigan Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a Ameritech Michigan, Inc. [hereinafter Ameritech], filed this action pursuant to the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent enforcement of an Order issued by the Defendant Commissioners of the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) interpreting interconnection agreements between itself and the Defendant competing...

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