BELL ATLANTIC-PENNSYLVANIA, INC.,
v.
The PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION;
John M. Quain, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, in his individual and official capacities; Robert K. Bloom, Vice-Chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, in his individual and official capacities; Nora Mead Brownell, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, in her individual and official capacities; Aaron Wilson, Jr., Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, in his individual and official capacities; Vincent J. Fumo, State Senator Vincent J. Fumo; Roger A. Madigan, State Senator Roger A. Madigan; Mary Jo White, State Senator Mary Jo White, United States of America, (Intervenor-Plaintiff in D.C.).
MCI Worldcom Network Services, Inc.; MCIMetro Access Transmission Services, LLC; AT&T Communications OF Pennsylvania, Inc.; TCG Pittsburgh; TCG Delaware Valley; Sprint Communications Company, L.P.; The United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, (Intervenors-Defendants in D.C.).
Vincent J. Fumo; Roger A. Madigan, Mary Jo White, Appellants.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; John M. Quain; Robert K. Bloom; Nora Mead Brownell; Aaron Wilson, Jr., Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 21, 2001.
Opinion Filed: November 2, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Julia A. Conover, Suzan DeBusk Paiva, Verizon Pennsylvania Inc., Philadelphia, PA, John M. Elliott, Henry F. Siedzikowski, Elliott, Reihner, Siedzikowski & Egan, Blue Bell, PA, Mark L. Evans, Geoffrey M. Klineberg, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellee Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc.
Michael R. Stiles, United States Attorney, Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern, Charles W. Scarborough, Kathleen A. Kane, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellee United States of America.
Albert G. Bixler, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Philadelphia, PA, Attorney for Appellants Vincent J. Fumo; Roger A. Madigan, Mary Jo White.
Bohdan R. Pankiw, Chief Counsel, Robert J. Longwell, Deputy Chief Counsel, Maryanne R. Martin (Argued), Assistant Counsel, Harrisburg, PA, Attorneys for Appellants the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; John M. Quain; Robert K. Bloom; Nora Mead Brownell; Aaron Wilson.
Maureen F. Del Duca, Jenner & Block, Jeffrey A. Rackow (Argued), MCI Worldcom, Inc., Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellees MCI Telecom Corp. and MCIMETRO Access Transmission Services, Inc.
David M. Levy, Stephen B. Kinnaird, Michael L. Post, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, Daniel Clearfield, Alan C. Kohler, Joseph C. Crawford, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, Mark A. Keffer, Robert C. Barber, AT&T Communications, Oakton, VA, Attorneys for Appellees AT&T Communications of PA, Inc.; TCG Pittsburgh; and TCG Delaware Valley, Inc.
Counsel on Sovereign Immunity Issues Exclusively Albert G. Bixler, (Argued for Appellants), Susan D. Paiva, (Argued for Appellees).
Before: ROTH, AMBRO and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, Circuit Judge.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), several PUC Commissioners, and several Pennsylvania State Senators appeal the District Court's denial of their motions to dismiss the claims and cross-claims brought against them under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by Bell Atlantic (now known as Verizon), MCI/Worldcom (Worldcom), and AT&T. The PUC and the Commissioners argue that under the Eleventh Amendment...
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