PUERTO RICO TELE. v. TELECOMMUNICATIONS REG. BD.

No. 98-2228.

189 F.3d 1 (1999)

PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY BOARD OF PUERTO RICO and Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico, Inc., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Mause, with whom Joaquin A. Marquez, Jeffrey J. Lopez, and Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Robert F. Reklaitis, with whom Veronica M. Ahern, Laurin H. Mills, Lydia P.A. Turnipseed, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle LLP, Jose R. Gaztambide, and Gaztambide & Plaza were on brief, for appellee Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico.

William A. Davis, with whom Sara F. Seidman, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC, and Francisco Silva were on brief, for appellee Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico, Inc.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Jodie L. Kelley, Katherine A. Fallow, Jenner & Block, Thomas F. O'Neil III, Adam H. Charnes, and Mark B. Ehrlich on brief for amicus curiae MCI Worldcom, Inc.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, NOONAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises tricky questions of the limits on federal court jurisdiction under 47 U.S.C. § 252(e)(6), a provision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56.

Two telecommunications companies (one primarily a landline local exchange carrier and one a cellular carrier) reached an interconnection agreement; the agreement in turn was approved by the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico...

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