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ATLAS TELEPHONE CO. v. OKLAHOMA CORP. COM'N

Nos. 04-6096, 04-6098, 04-6100, 04-6101.

400 F.3d 1256 (2005)

ATLAS TELEPHONE COMPANY; Beggs Telephone Company; Bixby Telephone Company; Canadian Valley Telephone Company; Carnegie Telephone Company; Central Oklahoma Telephone Company; Cherokee Telephone Company; Chickasaw Telephone Company; Chouteau Telephone Company; Cimarron Telephone Company; Cross Telephone Company; Dobson Telephone Company; Grand Telephone Company; Hinton Telephone Company; Kanokla Telephone Association; McLoud Telephone Company; Medicine Park Telephone Company; Oklahoma Telephone & Telegraph; Oklahoma Western Telephone Company; Panhandle Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Pine Telephone Company; Lavaca Telephone Company, doing business as Pinnacle Communications; Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Pottawatomie Telephone Company; Salina-Spavinaw Telephone Company; Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Shidler Telephone Company; South Central Telephone Association, Inc.; Southwest Oklahoma Telephone Company; Terral Telephone Company; Totah Telephone Company Inc.; Valliant Telephone Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION; Denise A. Bode; Bob Anthony; Jeff Cloud, Corporation Commissioners in their official capacities, Defendants, and AT & T Wireless Service, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Atlas Telephone Company; Beggs Telephone Company; Bixby Telephone Company; Canadian Valley Telephone Company; Carnegie Telephone Company; Central Oklahoma Telephone Company; Cherokee Telephone Company; Chickasaw Telephone Company; Chouteau Telephone Company; Cimarron Telephone Company; Cross Telephone Company; Dobson Telephone Company; Grand Telephone Company; Hinton Telephone Company; Kanokla Telephone Association; McLoud Telephone Company; Medicine Park Telephone Company; Oklahoma Telephone & Telegraph; Oklahoma Western Telephone Company; Panhandle Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Pine Telephone Company; Lavaca Telephone Company, doing business as Pinnacle Communications; Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Pottawatomie Telephone Company; Salina-Spavinaw Telephone Company; Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Shidler Telephone Company; South Central Telephone Association, Inc.; Southwest Oklahoma Telephone Company; Terral Telephone Company; Totah Telephone Company Inc.; Valliant Telephone Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Denise A. Bode; Bob Anthony; Jeff Cloud, Corporation Commissioners, in their official capacities; Southwestern Bell Wireless Inc., doing business as Cingular Wireless LLC, Oklahoma RSA 3 Limited Partnership, Oklahoma RSA 9 Limited Partnership, Oklahoma City SMSA Limited Partnership, Defendants-Appellees. Atlas Telephone Company; Beggs Telephone Company; Bixby Telephone Company; Canadian Valley Telephone Company; Carnegie Telephone Company; Central Oklahoma Telephone Company; Cherokee Telephone Company; Chickasaw Telephone Company; Chouteau Telephone Company; Cimarron Telephone Company; Cross Telephone Company; Dobson Telephone Company; Grand Telephone Company; Hinton Telephone Company; Kanokla Telephone Association; McLoud Telephone Company; Medicine Park Telephone Company; Oklahoma Telephone & Telegraph; Oklahoma Western Telephone Company; Panhandle Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Pine Telephone Company; Lavaca Telephone Company, doing business as Pinnacle Communications; Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Pottawatomie Telephone Company; Salina-Spavinaw Telephone Company; Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Shidler Telephone Company; South Central Telephone Association, Inc.; Southwest Oklahoma Telephone Company; Terral Telephone Company; Totah Telephone Company Inc.; Valliant Telephone Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Denise A. Bode, Bob Anthony, Jeff Cloud, Corporation Commissioners in their official capacities; WWC License LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Atlas Telephone Company; Beggs Telephone Company; Bixby Telephone Company; Canadian Valley Telephone Company; Carnegie Telephone Company; Central Oklahoma Telephone Company; Cherokee Telephone Company; Chickasaw Telephone Company; Chouteau Telephone Company; Cimarron Telephone Company; Cross Telephone Company; Dobson Telephone Company; Grand Telephone Company; Hinton Telephone Company; Kanokla Telephone Association; McLoud Telephone Company; Medicine Park Telephone Company; Oklahoma Telephone & Telegraph; Oklahoma Western Telephone Company; Panhandle Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Pine Telephone Company; Lavaca Telephone Company, doing business as Pinnacle Communications; Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Pottawatomie Telephone Company; Salina-Spavinaw Telephone Company; Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative Inc.; Shidler Telephone Company; South Central Telephone Association, Inc.; Southwest Oklahoma Telephone Company; Terral Telephone Company; Totah Telephone Company Inc.; Valliant Telephone Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Denise A. Bode; Bob Anthony; Jeff Cloud, Corporation Commissioners in their official capacities; Sprint Spectrum Limited Partnership, d/b/a Sprint PCS, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 10, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kendall W. Parrish (Ron Comingdeer, Mary Kathryn Kunc, David W. Lee, and Ambre C. Gooch, Comingdeer, Lee & Gooch, Oklahoma City, OK, and Kimberly K. Brown, Kimberly K. Brown, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, with him on the briefs), Comingdeer, Lee & Gooch, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Phillip R. Schenkenberg (Michael G. Harris and William H. Hickman, Moricoli Harris & Cottingham, Oklahoma City, OK, with him on the brief), Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Saint Paul, MN, for Defendant-Appellee WWC License L.L.C.

Marc Edwards and Jennifer Kirkpatrick, Phillips McFall McCaffrey McVay & Murrah, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, and Lawrence S. Smith, Smith, Majcher & Mudge, L.L.P., Austin, TX, on the brief for Defendant-Appellee AT & T Wireless Services, Inc.

John Paul Walters, Jr., Edmond, OK, on the brief for Defendant-Appellee Cingular Wireless.

Brett Leopold, Sprint Spectrum, L.P., Overland Park, KS, on the brief for Defendant-Appellee Sprint Spectrum, L.P., d/b/a Sprint PCS.

Before KELLY, ANDERSON and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated appeals, Plaintiffs-Appellants rural telephone companies ("RTCs") collectively appeal the district court's orders affirming final orders of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission ("OCC"). The OCC orders established interconnection obligations under the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 between the RTCs and Defendant-Appellees commercial mobile radio service ("CMRS") providers. Our jurisdiction arises under 28...

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