VOICES FOR CHOICES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted July 23, 2003.
Decided August 6, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David W. Carpenter, Mark B. Blocker, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Voices for Choices, Inc.
Mark D. Schneider, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, John R. Harrington, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee MCI Metro Access Transmission Services, Inc.
Mark B. Blocker, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees AT & T Communications of Illinois, Inc. and Association for Local Telecommunications Services.
Henry T. Kelly, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Z-Tel Communications, Inc., CoreComm Illinois, Inc., Data Net Systems, L.L.C., TruComm Corp., Focal Communications Co. of Illinois, Inc.
Stephen M. Shapiro, Theodore A. Livingston, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants Illinois Bell Telephone Co. and Ameritech Corp.
Julian Solotorovsky, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Chicago, IL, Robert J. Kelter, Citizens Utility Board, Chicago, IL, Thomas H. Rowland, Rowland & Moore, Chicago, IL, Barry S. Alberts, Owen E. MacBride, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, for Intervenors-Appellees.
Stephen M. Shapiro, Theodore A. Livingston, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw,
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Circuit Judge, in chambers.
I have before me motions for leave to file amicus curiae briefs. Fed. R.App. P. 29. The status of the movants impels me to state publicly my reasons for denying the motions.
The defendants, telephone companies that do business in Illinois and that I shall refer to collectively as "SBC," appeal from the district court's ruling that portions of the Illinois Public Utilities Act are preempted by the provisions of the Federal...
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