ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY d/b/a Ameritech Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee,
v.
WORLDCOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., as successor in interest to MFS Intelenet of Illinois, Inc., Teleport Communications Group, Inc., MCI Telecommunications Corp. and MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc., AT & T Communications of Illinois, Inc., and Focal Communications Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and
Dan Miller, Richard Kohlhauser, Ruth Kretschmer, Karl McDermott, and Brent Bohlen, Commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission (in their official capacities and not as individuals), Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 10, 1999.
Decided June 18, 1999.
As Amended August 19, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Theodore A. Livingston (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Illinois Bell Telephone Company doing business as Ameritech Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant in 98-3150, 98-3322, and 98-4080.
Darryl M. Bradford (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Thomas F. O'Neil III, Mark B. Ehrlich, MCI Worldcom Inc., for Worldcom Technologies, Inc., Defendant-Appellee in 98-3150.
Frederick J. Artwick, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for Teleport Communications Group, Inc., Defendant-Appellee in 98-3150.
Darryl M. Bradford, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Adam H. Charnes, MCI Worldcom Inc., Washington, DC, for MCI Telecommunications Corp., Defendant-Appellee in 98-3150.
John P. Kelliher, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Thomas R. Stanton (argued), Illinois Commerce Commission, Chicago, IL, for Dan Miller, Richard Kolhauser, Defendant-Appellees in 98-3150 and 98-3322.
Darryl M. Bradford, John R. Harrington, John J. Hamill, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Richard M. Rindler, Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC, Adam H. Charnes, Thomas F. O'Neil, III, Mark B. Ehrlich, MCI Worldcom Inc., Washington, DC, for Worldcom Technologies Inc., Defendant-Appellee in 98-3322.
Douglas W. Trabaris, Chicago, IL, for Teleport Communications Group, Inc., Defendant-Appellee in 98-3322.
Darryl M. Bradford, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Darrel Townsley, MCI Telecommunications Corp., Chicago, IL, Adam H. Charnes, Thomas F. O'Neil, III, Mark B. Ehrlich, MCI Worldcom Inc., Washington, DC, for MCI Telecommunications Corp., Defendant-Appellee in 98-3322.
Thomas R. Stanon, Illinois Commerce Commission, Chicago, IL, for Dan Miller, Richard E. Kolhauser, Ruth K. Kretschmer, Karl A. McDermott, Brent S. Bohlen, Defendant-Appellants in 98-4080.
Before BAUER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Once we determine whether we have jurisdiction (and the scope of that jurisdiction) under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. §§ 251 and 252, what we will have before us today is a rather narrow issue on the merits: whether a decision of the Illinois Commerce Commission regarding reciprocal compensation for telephone connections to Internet service providers violates federal law.
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