In the Matter of QWEST'S WHOLESALE SERVICE QUALITY STANDARDS.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 18, 2005.
August 18, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Larry D. Espel, John M. Baker, Jeanette M. Bazis, Greene Espel, P.L.L.P., Jason D. Topp, Qwest Corporation, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant Qwest Corporation.
Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Steven H. Alpert, Cassandra O. O'Hern, Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, MN, for Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
Gregory R. Merz, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, Lesley J. Lehr, St. Paul, MN, for MCI, Inc., successor to WorldCom, Inc.
Mark J. Ayotte, Thomas Erik Bailey, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for AT & T Communications of the Midwest, Inc.
Dan M. Lipschultz, Michael J. Bradley, Moss & Barnett, Minneapolis, MN, for Encore Communications, L.L.C., Global Crossing Local Services, Inc., McLeodUSA, Inc., New Edge Networks, Inc., NorthStar Access, L.L.C., Onvoy, Inc., Rythms Links, Inc., Time Warner Telecom of Minnesota L.L.C., and US Link, Inc.
Virgina K. Zeller, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for Minnesota Department of Commerce.
W. Patrick Judge, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., St. Paul, MN, for Covad Communications Co.
Karen L. Clauson, Eschelon Telecon of Minnesota, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, for Eschelon Telecom of Minnesota, Inc.
Todd G. Hartman, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for Time Warner Telecom of Minnesota L.L.C.
Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
OPINION
PAGE, Justice.
Petitioner Qwest Corporation (Qwest), an incumbent local exchange carrier (incumbent carrier), challenges a court of appeals decision affirming an order of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) that established wholesale service quality standards, including self-executing payments for failure to meet the standards, for wholesale transactions between Qwest and so-called competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs).
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