BELL ATL.-PENN. v. PENNSYLVANIA PUB. UTIL. COM'N

No. Civ.A. 99-5391, Civ.A. 03-685.

295 F.Supp.2d 529 (2003)

BELL ATLANTIC — PENNSYLVANIA, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, et al., Defendants. MCI Telecommunications Corp., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bell-Atlantic-Pennsylvania, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

December 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey M. Klineberg, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, Washington, DC, Henry F. Siedzikowski, Elliott, Reihner, Siedzikowsky and Egan, P.C., Blue Bell, PA, John M. Elliott, Elliott Reihner Siedzikowski & Egan, Blue Bell, PA, Julia A. Conover, Philadelphia, PA, Lydia R. Pulley, Arlington, VA, Mark L. Evans, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, Washington, DC, Michael D. Lowe, Arlington, VA, Samuel L. Feder, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd & Evans, Washington, DC, Stuart D. Lurie, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Suzan Debusk Paiva, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas B. Schmidt, III, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Harrisburg, PA, for Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc.

Bohdan R. Pankiw, Harrisburg, PA, Elisabeth H. Ross, Harvey A. Levin, Birch, Horton, Bittner and Cherot, Washington, DC, Maryanne R. Martin, Pa. Public Utility Commission, Harrisburg, PA, for Pennsylvania Public Utility Com'n.

Elisabeth H. Ross, Harvey A. Levin, Birch, Horton, Bittner and Cherot, Washington, DC, Maryanne R. Martin, Pa. Public Utility Commission, Harrisburg, PA, for John M. Quain, Robert K. Bloom, Nora Mead Brownell, Aaron Wilson, Jr.

Stuart D. Lurie, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Verizon Pennsylvania Inc.

Jeffrey A. Rackow, Worldcom, Inc., Matthew B. Pachman, Michael B. Desanctis, Jenner & Block, LLC, Washington, DC, Thomas E. Groshens, Virginia Hinrichs Mc Michael, Dilworth, Paxson, LLP, Virginia I. Miller, Anderson Kill & Olick PC, Philadelphia, PA, for MCI WorldCom Network Services, Inc., MCIMetro Access Transmission Services, LLC.

David L. Lawson, David M. Levy, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington, DC, John J. Langhauser, AT & T Communications of Pennsylvania, Inc., Oakton, VA, Joseph C. Crawford, Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, Stephen B. Kinnaird, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, Michael B. Desanctis, Jenner & Block, LLC, Washington, DC, for AT & T Communications of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Joseph C. Crawford, Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, PA, Stephen B. Kinnaird, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, for TCG Pittsburgh, TCG Delaware Valley, Inc.

Zsuzsanna E. Benedek, Sprint Communications Co., LP, Harrisburg, PA, for United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.

David T. Zaring, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Rachel J. Hines, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, for United States.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KATZ, Senior District Judge.

These consolidated actions arise from two challenges to decisions of the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission ("PUC") evaluating an interconnection agreement reached by Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. ("Verizon," known then as Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania) and MCI Worldcom ("Worldcom") for compliance with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 251 et seq.1...

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