U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. JENNINGS

Nos. CV 97-26-PHX-RGS-OMP, CV97-394-PHX-RGS-OMP, CV97-1723-PHX-RGS-OM, CV97-1856-PHX-RGS-OM, CV97-1927-PHX-RGS-OM, CV97-2025-PHX-RGS-OM, CV97-2324-PHX-RGS-OM, CV97-342-PHX-RGS-OMP, CV97-626-PHX-RGS-OMP and CV97-629-PHX-RGS-OMP.

46 F.Supp.2d 1004 (1999)

U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Colorado corporation, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Renz D. JENNINGS, as a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

May 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher C. Kempley, Maureen A. Scott, Janice M. Alward, Janet F. Wagner, for Arizona Corporation Commission, Phoenix, AZ.

Timothy Berg, C. Owen Paepke, Theresa Dwyer, Fennemore Craig, Phoenix, AZ, L. Norton Cutler, Jr., Thomas M. Dethlefs, Wendy M. Moser, Blair A. Rosenthal, U.S. West Law Department, Denver, CO, for U.S. West Communications, Inc.

Steven J. Duffy, Ridge & Isaacson, Phoenix, AZ, David P. Murray, Kevin M. Miller, A. Renee Callahan, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Washington, DC, for Sprint Communications Co.

Thomas H. Campbell, W. Todd Coleman, Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, AZ, Darryl M. Bradford, Terri L. Mascherin, Andrew M. Spangler, Jr., David C. Layden, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Thomas F. O'Neill III, Mark B. Ehrlich, [in-house counsel], Washington, DC, for MCI Telecommunications Corp.

Andrew D. Hurwitz, Joan S. Burke, Osborn Maledon, Phoenix, AZ, Michael D. Warden, Stephen F. Smith, Jacqueline G. Cooper, James C. Stansel, Carl D. Wasserman, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, Maria Arias Chapleau, Rebecca DeCook, AT & T Law Department, Denver, CO, for AT & T Communications of the Mountain States, Inc. and AT & T Wireless.

Lex J. Smith, Michael J. Patten, Brown & Bain, Phoenix, AZ, Edward A. Yorgitis, Jr., Douglas P. Lobel, Joseph A. Boyle, Kelley Drye & Warren, Washington, DC, for e-spire Communications, Inc. (formerly American Communications Services, Inc.)

Patricia Lee Refo, Jeffrey B. Guldner, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, AZ, for Brooks Fiber Communications of Tuscson, Inc.

Douglas G. Bonner, C. Joel Van Over, Morton J. Posner, Ky E. Kirby, Tamar E. Finn, Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC, for WorldCom Technologies, Inc. and GST Tucson Lightwave, Inc.

Arthur G. Garcia, Theodore C. Hirt, Philip D. Bartz, Jose deJesus Rivera, Dennis G. Linder, Brian G. Kennedy, David T. Zaring, Civil Division, U.S. Dep't of Justice, Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission.


OPINION

PANNER, District Judge.

These ten consolidated cases arise under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("the Act"), Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. § 153, et seq. US West Communications, Inc. ("US West"), the incumbent local exchange carrier ("ILEC") in Arizona, is a party in each case. The Arizona Corporation Commission ("the ACC"), which regulates public utilities in Arizona, is a defendant in each case, as are the members...

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