ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. BOX

Nos. 07-3557, 07-3683.

526 F.3d 1069 (2008)

ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Charles E. BOX, et al., Commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, and Access One, Inc., et al., Intervening Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Tyson Covey (argued), Mayer Brown, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Thomas R. Stanton, Illinois Commerce Commission, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

Kevin Rhoda, Thomas H. Rowland (argued), Rowland & Moore, Chicago, IL, for Intervening Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WOOD and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 directs established local phone companies— successors to the Bell Operating Companies that were subsidiaries of AT & T before its breakup in 1983—to lease parts of their networks to rivals on an à la carte basis. 47 U.S.C. § 251(c)(3). Particular circuits or services, called unbundled network elements, must be furnished at a price, and under conditions, specified by the Federal...

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