VERIZON NORTH, INC. v. STRAND

No. 01-1013.

309 F.3d 935 (2002)

VERIZON NORTH, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John G. STRAND, Chairman; John C. Shea, Commissioner; and David A. Svanda, Commissioner, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Masoudi (argued), Christopher Landau, Patrick F. Philbin (briefed), Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David A. Voges, Assistant Attorney General (argued and briefed), Henry J. Boynton, Assistant Attorney General (briefed), Lansing, MI, for Defendants-Appellants.

Darryl M. Bradford (briefed), Sona Rewari (briefed), John R. Harrington, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Brian J. Leske (argued and briefed), Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae MCI.

Darryl M. Bradford (briefed), John R. Harrington, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, David L. Lawson (briefed), Jennifer M. Rubin (briefed), Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae AT & T Communications of Michigan, Inc.

Darryl M. Bradford (briefed), John R. Harrington, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Leland R. Rosier (briefed), Clark Hill, Okemos, MI, for Amici Curiae McLeod USA Telecommunications Services, Inc. and Association of Communication Enterprises.

Darryl M. Bradford (briefed), John R. Harrington, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Brian J. Leske (argued and briefed), Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae MCI Merto Access Transmission Services, Inc.

John E. Muench, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, Amicus Curiae Michigan Bell Telephone Co. dba Ameritech Michigan.

Before BOGGS, NORRIS, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Commissioners John G. Strand, John C. Shea, and David A. Svanda of the Michigan Public Service Commission (the "MPSC") appeal from the district court's grant of a declaratory judgment in favor of Verizon North, Inc. ("Verizon")1 in Verizon's suit challenging a February 25, 1998 order of the MPSC (the "February 25 order" or the "order"). Verizon, an incumbent local telecommunications carrier in Michigan...

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