ACCESS TELECOM v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.

No. 98-50881.

197 F.3d 694 (1999)

ACCESS TELECOM, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION; MCI International, Inc.; SBC Communications, Inc.; SBC International, Inc.; SBC International Latin America; Telefonos De Mexico, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Joan Lindell (argued), Luther H. Soules, III, Soules & Wallace, Clyde Reece McCormick (argued), Law Office of Clyde R. McCormick, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Judith R. Blakeway, Charles J. Fitzpatrick (argued), Strasburger & Price, San Antonio, TX, for MCI Telecommunications Corp. and MCI International.

Hubert W. Green (argued), Daniel Webb Lanfear, The Kleberg Law Firm, Javier Aguilar, SBC Communications, San Antonio, TX, for SBC Communications Inc., SBC International Inc. and SBC International Latin America.

George H. Spencer, Jr., Jeffrey I. Kavy (argued), Clemens & Spencer, San Antonio, TX, for Telefonos De Mexico.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

I.

During 1993 and 1994, Access Telecom, Inc. (ATI), a corporation based in Texas, exported U.S. phone services to customers in Mexico. These services allowed Mexican customers to place U.S.-based phone calls directly from Mexico. Customers first called ATI in Texas and then entered the new phone number they wanted to call. ATI dialed that new number from the U.S. and effectively spliced the customer's first call to...

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