AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF MIDWEST v. U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS

No. 4:97CV3286.

143 F.Supp.2d 1155 (2001)

AT & T COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MIDWEST, INC., Plaintiff, v. U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., The Nebraska Public Service Commission and the Commissioners of the Nebraska Public Service Commission in their Official Capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

May 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loel P. Brooks, Brooks, Pansing law firm, Lincoln, NE, Rebecca B. DeCook, AT&T Communications of Midwest law Dept., Denver, CO, for plaintiff.

Tory M. Bishop, Marcia A. Rezac, Kutak Rock LLP, Omaha, NE, Norton Cutler, Philip J. Roselli, Blair Rosenthal, Denver, CO, John B. Devaney, Martin P. Willard, Kara M. Sacilotto, Perkins, Coie Law Firm. Washington, DC, for U.S. West Communications, Inc., defendant.

L. Jay Bartel, Attorney's Gen. Office, Lincoln, NE, for Nebraska Public Service Com'n, defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KOPF, Chief Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

The Telecommunications Act of 19961 (the "Act") was intended, in part, to "erode the monopolistic nature of the local telephone service industry" by requiring current providers of local telephone service (known as "incumbent local exchange carriers" or "incumbent LECs") to facilitate the entry of competing companies...

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