ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COM'N

Nos. 3-02-0738, 3-02-0920.

797 N.E.2d 716 (2003)

343 Ill. App.3d 249

278 Ill.Dec. 121

ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, AT & T Communications of Illinois, Inc., TCG Illinois, TCG Chicago, TCG St. Louis, Worldcom, Inc., McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc., XO Illinois, Inc., Northpoint Communications, Inc., Rhythms Netconnection and Rhythms Links, Inc., Sprint Communications L.P., Focal Communications Corporation of Illinois, and Gabriel Communications of Illinois, Inc., Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Demetrios G. Metropoulos Theodore A. Livingston, John E. Muench, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Nancy J. Hertel, April J. Rodewald, Ameritech Corporation, Chicago, for Illinois Bell Telephone Company.

Owen E. MacBride, Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago, for McLeodUSA.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Michael J. Lannon, Illinois Commerce Commission, John P. Kelliher, Special Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Illinois Commerce Commission.

Thomas O'Brien, Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Columbus, for Time Warner Telecom of Ohio, L.P.

Stephen J. Moore, Rowland & Moore, Chicago, for Association of Communications Enterprises.

Richard M. Waris, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chicago, for Sprint Communications, L.P.

Douglas W. Trabaris, AT&T Corp., Chicago, for AT&T Communications of Illinois.

John R. Harrington, Angela B. Debush, Jenner & Block, LLC, Chicago, Jeffrey A. Rackow, Worldcom, Inc., Washington, for Worldcom, Inc.


Justice SCHMIDT delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a series of orders issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission (the Commission). The orders set forth parameters to which the petitioner, Illinois Bell Telephone Company (d/b/a Ameritech Illinois), must adhere when allowing competing local exchange carriers (CLECs) access to its local network. Petitioner takes issue with three mandates contained within the orders.

The orders forced the...

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