WISCONSIN BELL, INC. d/b/a Ameritech Wisconsin, Plaintiff,
v.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN, and Cheryl L. Parrino, Daniel J. Eastman, and Joseph P. Mettner, Defendants.
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. d/b/a Ameritech Wisconsin, Plaintiff,
v.
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, and Cheryl L. Parrino, Daniel J. Eastman, and Joseph P. Mettner, in their official capacities as members of the Commission,
and
MCI Telecommunications Corp. and MCI Metro Access Transmission Services, Inc., Defendants,
and
United States of America, Intervenor.
MCI Telecommunications Corp., and MCI Metro Access Transmission Services, Inc., Plaintiffs,
v.
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. d/b/a Ameritech Wisconsin, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, and Cheryl L. Parrino, Daniel J. Eastman, and Joseph P. Mettner, in their official capacities as members of the Commission, Defendants,
and
United States of America, Intervenor.
Wisconsin Bell, Inc. d/b/a Ameritech Wisconsin, Plaintiff,
v.
TCG Milwaukee, Inc., Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Cheryl L. Parrino and Joseph P. Mettner, Commissioners of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, and Time Warner Communications of Milwaukee, L.P., Defendants.
United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 12, 1999.
July 12, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Wayne O. Hanewicz, Foley & Lardner, Madison WI, Bradley D. Jackson, Foley & Lardner, Madison WI, for Wisconsin Bell, Inc., plaintiff.
Niles Berman, Wheeler, Van Sickle & Anderson, S.C., Madison WI, for MCI Telecommunications Corp, MCIMetro Access Transmission Ser.
Mary M. Stevens, Public Service Commission, Madison WI, Anthony A. Tomaselli, Quarles & Brady, Madison WI, Michael J. Varda, Staff Attorney, Public Service Commission, Madison WI, Michael J. Varda, Staff Attorney, Public Service Commission, Madison WI, for Public Service Commission of WI, Cheryl L. Parrino, Daniel J. Eastman, Joseph P. Mettner.
Linda M. Clifford, Lafollette & Sinykin, Madison WI, Michael L. Shor, Swidler & Berlin, Washington DC, for U.S. Xchange, L.L.C. (amicus).
Andrea M. Sharrin, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Washington DC, for Federal Communications (Prop In).
John R. Dawson, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee WI, for Wisconsin Bell, Inc., Ameritech Wisconsin, defendant.
Kathleen M. Mulligan, Sidley and Austin, Chicago IL, for TCG Milwaukee, Inc.
Peter Gardon, Reinhart, Boerner, et al., Madison WI, for Time Warner Communications.
United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.
OPINION AND ORDER
CRABB, District Judge.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 introduced local telephony to a brave new world of competition. At the same time, it brought the Federal Communications Commission, all the state utility commissions and the federal courts into a new universe of "cooperative federalism." See Philip J. Weiser, Chevron, Cooperative Federalism, and Telecommunications Reform, 52 Vand.L.Rev. 1, 53-54 (1999). The Supreme...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
