VERIZON NORTH INC. v. STRAND

No. 02-2322.

367 F.3d 577 (2004)

VERIZON NORTH INC. et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. John G. STRAND et al., Defendants-Appellants, Coast to Coast Telecommunications, Inc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Masoudi (argued and briefed), Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, James P. Feeney, Feeney Kellett, Wienner & Bush, Bloomfield Hills, MI, A. Randall Vogelzang, Irving, TX, Seth D. Gould (briefed), Weinner & Gould, Troy, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David A. Voges, Asst. Atty., Michael A. Nickerson (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General Public Service Division, Lansing, MI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Robert J. Franzinger, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, Thomas E. Maier, Clark Hill, Okemas, MI, for Defendant.

Before: MARTIN and MOORE, Circuit Judges; WEBER, District Judge.


OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "1996 Act" or the "Act"), Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996) (codified in various sections of 47 U.S.C.) fundamentally restructured local telephone markets by ending the era of state-granted telecommunications monopolies and by encouraging competition among providers of local telephone service. AT & T Corp. v. Iowa Utils. Bd., 525 U.S. 366

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