AT&T v. IOWA UTILITIES BD.

No. 03-0648.

687 N.W.2d 554 (2004)

AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MIDWEST, INC., Appellant, v. IOWA UTILITIES BOARD, Appellee, Coon Rapids Municipal Communications Utility; Laurens Municipal Broadband Communications Utility; FiberComm, L.C.; Forest City Telecom, Inc.; Heart of Iowa Communications, Inc.; Independent Networks, L.C.; Lost Nation-Elwood Telephone Company; Office of Consumer Advocate, a Division of The Iowa Department of Justice; Goldfield Access Network, L.C.; and Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, Intervenors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Bendernagel and David M. Miles of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood L.L.P., Washington, D.C., and Richard W. Lozier, Jr. of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, A P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

David J. Lynch, Des Moines, for appellee Iowa Utilities Board.

Ivan T. Webber of Ahlers & Cooney, P.C., Des Moines, for intervenors-appellees Coon Rapids Municipal Communications Utility and Laurens Municipal Broadband Communications Utility.

Robert F. Holz, Jr. and Diane M. Stahle of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, for intervenors-appellees FiberComm, L.C.; Forest City Telecom, Inc.; Heart of Iowa Communications, Inc.; Independent Networks, L.C.; and Lost Nation-Elwood Telephone Company.

Dennis L. Puckett of Sullivan & Ward, P.C., Des Moines, for intervenor-appellee Goldfield Access Network, L.C.

Michael R. May, Ankeny, for intervenor-appellee Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities.

Jennifer Easler, Assistant Attorney General, Des Moines, for intervenor-appellee Office of Consumer Advocate.


PER CURIAM.

The district court, sitting in review of agency action, affirmed in part and reversed in part a decision of the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) in this dispute among providers of telephone service. We agree with the district court that the IUB correctly held AT&T constructively ordered services from the "competitive local exchange carriers" (CLECs) and must pay the tariffed rates for past services. Although we disagree with the district court's ruling that...

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