AT&T CORP. v. CITY OF PORTLAND

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Carpenter (argued), Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Illinois, for plaintiffs-appellants AT & T Corp., Telecommunications, Inc., TCI Cablevision of Oregon, Inc., and TCI of Southern Washington.

Terence L. Thatcher (argued), Deputy City Attorney, Portland, Oregon; Joseph Van Eaton, Miller & Van Eaton, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees City of Portland and Multnomah County.

William T. Lake (argued) and William R. Richardson, Jr., Matthew A. Brill, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for intervenors-appellees US WEST Interprise America, Inc., and GTE Internetworking Inc.

Paul T. Fortino, Lawrence Reichman, Chin See Ming, Perkins Coie LLP, for US West Interprise America, Inc. and OGC Telecomm, Ltd.

Janis C. Kestenbaum, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C., for intervenor-appellee Oregon Internet Service Providers Association.

David J. Newburger, Newburger & Vossmeyer, St. Louis, Missouri, for amici curiae American Council of the Blind, Missouri Association of the Deaf, Missouri Council of the Blind, Oklahoma Able Tech, Paraquad, Inc., and National Silver Haired Congress.

Howard J. Symons, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae At Home Corp.

Robert C. Fellmeth, University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California, for amicus curiae Center for Public Interest Law.

Bruce J. Wecker, Furth, Fahrner & Mason, San Francisco, California, for amici curiae Citizens' Utility Board of Oregon, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, The Utility Reform Network, and Utility Consumers' Action Network.

James M. Carr, Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Federal Communications Commission.

Christopher Wolf, Proskauer Rose, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Hands Off the Internet.

Bruce D. Sokler, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae National Cable Television Association, California Cable Television Association, Oregon Cable Telecommunications Association, and Washington State Cable Communications Association.

Paul Mogin, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae openNET Coalition.

Jayne Chong-Soon Lee, Office of City Attorney, San Francisco, California, for amici curiae U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Administrators, Jefferson County, King County, Montgomery County, Michigan Coalition to Protect Public Rights of Way from Telecommunications Encroachments, Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission, San Mateo County Telecommunications Authority, Bell-Cudahy Cable Television Authority, and the Cities of Arvada, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Dearborn, Los Angeles, New York, Rancho Palos Verdes, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, and Walnut Creek.

Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.