MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS v. U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS

Civil No. 97-1576-JE.

31 F.Supp.2d 859 (1998)

MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, and MCIMetro Access Transmission Services, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Colorado Corporation; The Public Utility Commission of Oregon; and Roger Hamilton, Chair, Ron Eachus, and Joan H. Smith (in their official capacities as Commissioners of the Public Utility Commission), Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

December 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa F. Rackner, Roy Pulvers, Lindsay Hart Neil & Weigler, Portland, OR, Mark B. Ehrlich, Thomas F. O'Neil, III, William Single, IV, MCI WorldCom Inc, Washington, DC, Maureen F. Del Duca, Donald B. Verrilli, D. Scott Barash, Douglas H. Hsiao, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs MCI Telecommunications and MCImetro Access Transmission Services.

Lawrence H. Reichman, Chin See Ming, Perkins Coie, Portland, OR, Sherilyn C. Peterson, Kirstin S. Dodge, Perkins Coie, Bellevue, WA, Norton Cutler, U.S. West Communications, Inc., Denver, CO, for defendant U.S. West Communications.

Michael T. Weirich, W. Benny Won, Department of Justice, General Counsel, Salem, OR, for Roger Hamilton, Ron Eachus, Joan H. Smith, and Oregon Public Utility Commission.

Philip D. Barz, Emily M. Sweeney, Theodore C. Hirt, Leslie V. Batchelor, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Herbert C. Sundby, U.S. Attorneys Office, Portland, OR, for Amicus Curiae Federal Communications Commission.


OPINION AND ORDER

JELDERKS, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiffs MCI Telecommunications Corp. and MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc. (collectively, "MCI") bring this action against defendant U S West Communications, Inc. ("US West") the Oregon Public Utility Commission ("PUC"), and PUC Commissioners Roger Hamilton, Ron Eachus, and Joan Smith ("the Commissioners"). The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") has participated in this proceeding...

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