BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. GEORGIA PSC

Nos. 1:06-CV-00162-CC, 1:06-CV-00972-CC.

587 F.Supp.2d 1258 (2008)

BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. The GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, et al., Defendants. Competitive Carriers of the South, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. The Georgia Public Service Commission, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia.

January 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Henry Patton, Michael E. Brooks, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, E. Earl Edenfield, Jr., Meredith Ellen Mays, Atlanta, GA, Sean A. Lev, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.

Anne Ware Lewis, Strickland Brockington Lewis, Atlanta, GA, William L. Magness, Casey, Gentz & Magness, LLP, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs.

Daniel S. Walsh, Sidney R. Barrett, Jr., Office of State Attorney General, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants.


ORDER

CLARENCE COOPER, District Judge.

The Court has consolidated these two cases for purposes of hearing and decision because they both turn on a common question of law—namely, whether the Georgia Public Service Commission ("PSC") has authority to implement 47 U.S.C. § 271, a federal statute that imposes conditions on Bell operating companies that the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") has authorized to provide long-distance services...

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