WISCONSIN BELL v. BIE

Nos. 02-3854, 02-3897.

340 F.3d 441 (2003)

WISCONSIN BELL, INC., d/b/a Ameritech Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ave M. BIE, et al., Commissioners of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellants, and Worldcom, Inc., Intervening Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Dow, Jr. (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, Jordan J. Hemaidan, Michael Best & Friedricch, Madison, WI, for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael S. Varda (argued), Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Madison Way, WI, for defendants-appellants Bie, Garvin, and Bridge.

John R. Harrington (argued) Darryl M. Bradford, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for WorldCom, defendant.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Local telephone companies such as Wisconsin Bell have a degree of monopoly power because of the cost to a competitor of duplicating the grid of telephone wires and switching equipment that constitutes a local telephone network. The competitor will find it difficult to compete unless it is interconnected with the local network. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 provides a machinery for encouraging interconnection. The competitor can require...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases