CENTRAL TELEPHONE CO. v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CO.

No. 12-1322.

715 F.3d 501 (2013)

CENTRAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, a Virginia Corporation; United Telephone Southeast, LLC, a Virginia Limited Liability Company; Embarq Florida, Inc., a Florida Corporation; United Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc., an Indiana Corporation; United Telephone Company of Kansas, a Kansas Corporation; United Telephone Company of Eastern Kansas, a Delaware Corporation; United Telephone Company of Southcentral Kansas, an Arkansas Corporation; Embarq Missouri, Inc., a Missouri Corporation; Embarq Minnesota, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation; United Telephone Company of the West, a Delaware Corporation; Central Telephone Company, a Delaware Corporation; United Telephone Company of New Jersey, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation; Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company, LLC, a North Carolina Limited Liability Corporation; United Telephone of Ohio, an Ohio Corporation; United Telephone Company of the Northwest, an Oregon Corporation; the United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, LLC, a Pennsylvania Limited Liability Corporation; United Telephone Company of the Carolinas LLC, a South Carolina Limited Liability Corporation; United Telephone Company of Texas, Inc., a Texas Corporation; Central Telephone Company of Texas, a Texas Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, INC., a Virginia Corporation; Sprint Communications Company L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership, Defendants-Appellants. Verizon; Federal Communications Commission, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 29, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Timothy J. Simeone , Wiltshire & Grannis, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Michael J. Lockerby , Foley & Lardner, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Scott H. Angstreich , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Verizon. ON BRIEF: Christopher J. Wright , Rachel W. Petty , Wiltshire & Grannis, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Jennifer M. Keas , Benjamin R. Dryden , Foley & Lardner, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Bradley D. Jackson , Foley & Lardner, LLP, Madison, Wisconsin, for Appellees. Michael E. Glover , Edward Shakin , Curtis L. Groves , Verizon, Arlington, Virginia; Joshua D. Branson , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Verizon. Peter Karanjia , Deputy General Counsel, Jacob M. Lewis , Associate General Counsel, Laurel R. Bergold , Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Federal Communications Commission.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge FLOYD joined.


OPINION

DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., Sprint Communications Company of Virginia, Inc., and Sprint Communications Company L.P. (collectively "Sprint" or the "Sprint Defendants") entered into interconnection agreements with nineteen incumbent local exchange carriers (collectively "CenturyLink" or the "CenturyLink Plaintiffs") providing for the mutual exchange of...

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