CORE COMMUNICATIONS v. VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA, INC.

No. 06-2419.

485 F.3d 757 (2007)

CORE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Appellant v. VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed May 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry W. Krengel, Dolchin, Slotkin & Todd, Philadelphia, PA, Deborah J. Israel, Louis J. Rouleau, Michael B. Hazzard (Argued), Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellant.

Thomas A. Leonard, Richard P. Limburg, H. David Seidman, Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Cynthia L. Randall, Verizon Communications, Philadelphia, PA, Austin C. Schlick (Argued), Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, Washington, DC, Joseph M. Ruggiero, Verizon Communications, Arlington, VA, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before SMITH and FISHER, Circuit Judges, and DIAMOND, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the question of whether a federal district court, in the first instance, may hear disputes concerning the breach of an interconnection agreement formed and approved pursuant to the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-404, 110 Stat. 56 (1996) ("Telecommunications Act" or "Act"). The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the Act prevents...

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