SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE v. MO. PUBLIC SERVICE

Nos. 06-3701, 06-3726, 06-3727.

530 F.3d 676 (2008)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE, L.P., doing business as SBC Missouri, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MISSOURI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION; Jeff Davis; Connie Murray; Steve Gaw; Robert M. Clayton III; Linward Appling, in their official capacities as commissioners of the Missouri Public Service Commission and not as individuals, Defendants, Big River Telephone Company, LLC, Defendant-Appellant, Birch Telecom of Missouri, Inc.; Ionex Communications, Inc., Defendants, NuVox Communications of Missouri, Inc.; Socket Telecom, LLC; XO Communications Services, Inc.; XO Missouri, Inc.; Xspedius Management Co. of Kansas City, LLC; Xspedius Management Co. Switched Services, LLC, Defendants-Appellants, Charter Fiberlink-Missouri, LLC; Navigator Telecommunications, LLC; WilTel Local Network, LLC; MCI Communications Services, Inc.; MCImetro, LLC, Defendants, Sprint Communications Company, L.P., Defendant-Appellee. Verizon New England, Incorporated; Verizon New York, Incorporated; Verizon Pennsylvania, Incorporated; Verizon Maryland, Incorporated; Verizon Washington, Incorporated; Verizon Virginia, Incorporated; Amici on Behalf of Appellee Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. doing business as SBC Missouri. Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., doing business as SBC Missouri, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Missouri Public Service Commission; Jeff Davis; Connie Murray; Steve Gaw; Robert M. Clayton III; Linward Appling, in their official capacities as commissioners of the Missouri Public Service Commission and not as individuals, Defendants-Appellants, Big River Telephone Company, LLC; Birch Telecom of Missouri, Inc.; Ionex Communications, Inc.; NuVox Communications of Missouri, Inc.; Socket Telecom, LLC; XO Communications Services, Inc.; XO Missouri, Inc.; Xspedius Management Co. of Kansas City, LLC; Xspedius Management Co. Switched Services, LLC; Charter Fiberlink-Missouri, LLC; Navigator Telecommunications, LLC; Sprint Communications Company, L.P.; WilTel Local Network, LLC; MCI Communications Services, Inc.; MCImetro, LLC, Defendants. Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., doing business as SBC Missouri, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Missouri Public Service Commission Jeff Davis; Connie Murray; Steve Gaw; Robert M. Clayton III; Linward Appling, in their official capacities a commissioners of the Missouri Public Service Commission and not a individuals; Big River Telephone Company, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, NuVox Communications of Missouri Inc.; Socket Telecom, LLC; XO Communications Services, Inc.; XO Missouri, Inc.; Xspedius Management Co. of Kansas City, LLC; Xspedius Management Co. Switched Services LLC, Defendants-Appellees, Sprint Communications Company, L.P., Defendant-Appellee, Birch Telecom of Missouri, Inc; Ionex Communications, Inc., Defendants, Charter Fiberlink-Missouri, LLC; Navigator Telecommunications, LLC, Defendants, WilTel Local Network, LLC; MCI Communications Services, Inc.; MCImetro, LLC, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Magness, argued, Austin, TX, Carl J. Lumley, St. Louis, MO, and Susan C. Gents, Austin, TX, on the brief, for Coalition Appellants.

William K. Haas, argued, Jefferson City, MO, for appellant.

David Murray, argued, Washington, D.C., for Sprint Communications Company, L.P.

Before BYE, RILEY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


BYE, Circuit Judge.

Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., d/b/a SBC Missouri (SBC), attempted to negotiate interconnection agreements with several competitors (Competing Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC)) as required by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 47 U.S.C.). When those negotiations failed, the dispute was submitted to arbitration as provided...

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