ALENCO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; Amana Society Service Company; Arrowhead Communications Corporation; Ayersville Telephone Company; Baraga Telephone Company; Barry County Telephone Company; Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc.; Bentleyville Telephone Company; Benton Ridge Telephone Company; Bloomingdale Home Telephone Company; Blue Earth Valley Telephone Company; Bruce Telephone Company; Casey Mutual Telephone Company; CFW Communications Company; Citizens Telephone Company of Kecksburg; Citizens Telephone Company of Hammond; Citizens Telephone Corporation; Clements Telephone Company; Climax Telephone Company; Community Service Telephone Company; Craigville Telephone Company, Inc.; Crockett Telephone Company; Dixville Telephone Company; Doylestown Telephone Company; Dunbarton Telephone Company, Inc.; Dunkerton Telephone Cooperative; Eagle Valley Telephone Company; Easton Telephone Company; Eckles Telephone Company; Elkhart Telephone Company; Eustis Telephone Exchange; Farmers Coop Telephone Company; Farmers Mutual Telephone Company-Ohio; Farmers Mutual Telephone Company-Minnesota; Flat Rock Mutual Telephone Company; Fort Jennings Telephone Company; Frontier Communications of Depue; Geetingsville Telephone Company, Inc.; Gervais Telephone Company; Graceba Total Communications, Inc.; Granada Telephone Company; Granby Telephone & Telegraph Company-Massachusetts; Gulf Telephone Company; Hartington Telephone Company; Hickory Telephone Company; Hinton Telephone Company of Hinton, Oklahoma, Inc.; Hollis Telephone Company; Home Telephone Company-Nebraska; Home Telephone Company-Minnesota; Hot Springs Telephone Company; Huxley Cooperative Telephone Company; Indianhead Telephone Company; Ironton Telephone Company; Jefferson Telephone Company, Inc.; Kadoka Telephone Company; Kaleva Telephone Company; Kalida Telephone Company, Inc.; Laurel Highland Telephone Company; Ligonier Telephone Company; Mankato Citizens Telephone Company; Manti Telephone Company; Marianna & Scenery Hill Telephone Company; Marseilles Telephone Company; McClure Telephone Company; McDonough Telephone Coop, Inc.; Mebtel Communications; Merchants & Farmers Telephone Company; Metamora Telephone Company; Mid Century Telephone Coop, Inc.; Mid Communications Telephone Company; Mid-Iowa Telephone Coop Association; Middle Point Home Telephone Company; Midstate Telephone Company-North Dakota; Midwest Telephone Company; Miles Cooperative Telephone Association; Millry Telephone Company, Inc.; Minford Telephone Company, Inc.; Minnesota Lake Telephone Company; Mt. Angel Telephone Company; National Telephone of Alabama, Inc.; New Lisbon Telephone Company; North-Eastern Pennsylvania Telephone Company; North English Coop Telephone Company; Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company, Inc.; Nova Telephone Company; Odin Telephone Exchange, Inc.; Orwell Telephone Company; Osakis Telephone Company; Palmerton Telephone Company; Panhandle Telephone Coop, Inc.; Panora Cooperative Telephone Association; Pattersonville Telephone Company; Pennsylvania Telephone Company; Peoples Mutual Telephone Company; Peoples Telephone Company, Inc.; Pierce Telephone Company, Inc.; Pine Island Telephone Company; Pinnacle Communications; Prairie Grove Telephone Company; Pymatuning Independent Telephone Company; Redwood County Telephone Company; Roanoke Telephone Company, Inc.; Roberts County Telephone Coop Association; Ronan Telephone Company; Schaller Telephone Company; Searsboro Telephone Company; Shell Rock Telephone Company; South Canaan Telephone Company; Southern Montana Telephone Company; State Long Distance Telephone Company; State Telephone Company; Stayton Cooperative Telephone Company; Stockholm-Strandburg Telephone Company; Summit Telephone Company; Swayzee Telephone Company; Sycamore Telephone Company; Tri County Telephone Company, Indiana; Tri-County Telephone Membership Corporation; Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.; Van Horne Cooperative Telephone Company; Venus Telephone Corporation; Volcano Telephone Company; West Iowa Telephone Company; West Liberty Telephone Company; West Side Telephone Company; West Side Telephone Company-Pennsylvania; West Tennessee Telephone Company, Inc.; Western Telephone Company-South Dakota; Wikstrom Telephone Company, Inc.; Wilton Telephone Company-New Hampshire; Yadkin Valley Telephone Membership Corporation; Yukon-Waltz Telephone Company; and United States Telephone Association, Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 25, 2000.
January 25, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James U. Troup (argued), Brian D. Robinson, Arter & Hadden, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.
John E. Ingle, Daniel M. Armstrong, Laurence H. Schecker, Willliam E. Kennard, Laurence Nicholas Bourne, Christopher Joseph Wright, James Michael Carr, F.C.C., Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission, Respondent.
Nancy C. Garrison, Catherine G. O'Sullivan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Antitrust Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for United States of America, Respondent.
Robert B. McKenna, U.S. West, Denver, CO, William T. Lake, John Henry Harwood, David M. Sohn, Matthew Aaron Brill, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for U.S. West, Inc., Intervenor.
Jules M. Perlberg, Chicago, IL, James P. Young, Washington, DC, for AT&T Corp., Intervenor.
Charles C. Hunter, Catherine M. Hannan, Hunter Communications Law Group, Washington, DC, for Telecommunications Resellers Association, Intervenor.
Sue D. Blumenfeld, Thomas C. Jones, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Washington, DC, for Sprint Corporation, Intervenor.
Paul March Smith, William Mark Hohengarten, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for MCI Telecommunications Corp., Intervenor.
Michael E. Glover, Lawrence W. Katz, Edward Harold Shakin, Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc., Arlington, VA, for Bell Atlantic, Intervenor.
Before SMITH, WIENER and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This is a consolidated challenge to two orders of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC," the "Commission," or the "agency")1 promulgated to satisfy the twin Congressional mandates articulated in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "Act")2 of providing universal telecommunications service in the United States and injecting competition into the market for local telephone...
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