CGM, LLC v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 10-1693.

664 F.3d 46 (2011)

CGM, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INCORPORATED; AT & T Billing Southeast, LLC, a/k/a AT & T Billing Southeast, Inc.; AT & T Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ira Thane Kasdan , Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Dennis Friedman , Mayer Brown, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Barbara A. Miller , Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Patrick W. Turner , AT & T South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina; Jeffrey M. Strauss , Mayer Brown, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Senior Judge KEITH concurred.


OPINION

WYNN, Circuit Judge:

"The Telecommunications Act of 1996. . . represents a comprehensive effort by Congress to bring the benefits of deregulation and competition to all aspects of the telecommunications market in the United States, including especially local markets." Goldwasser v. Ameritech Corp., 222 F.3d 390, 391 (7th Cir.2000). The 1996 Act imposes new duties on incumbent local telecommunications carriers...

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