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BELLSOUTH ADVERTISING v. TENN. REGULATORY

79 S.W.3d 506 (2002)

BELLSOUTH ADVERTISING & PUBLISHING CORPORATION v. TENNESSEE REGULATORY AUTHORITY. and BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation v. Nextlink Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

July 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Richard Collier and Julie M. Woodruff, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Tennessee Regulatory Authority.

Henry Walker, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, AT&T Communications of South Central States, Inc., MCI Worldcom Network Services, Inc., and XO Tennessee, Inc.

Paul S. Davidson and Guilford F. Thornton, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, Daniel J. Thompson, Jr., Tucker, Georgia, and James F. Bogan, III, Atlanta, Georgia, for the appellee, BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation.

OPINION

ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK DROWOTA, III, C.J., E. RILEY ANDERSON, JANICEM. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ. joined.

This consolidated appeal presents two very important issues. They are: (1) whether the Tennessee Regulatory Authority has the authority to require that the names and logos of local telephone service providers who compete with BellSouth Telecommunications...

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