IN RE HALO WIRELESS, INC.

No. 12-40122.

684 F.3d 581 (2012)

In the Matter of HALO WIRELESS, INCORPORATED, Debtor. Halo Wireless, Incorporated, Appellant, v. Alenco Communications, Incorporated; Alma Communications Company; BPS Telephone Company; Bellsouth Telecommunications, L.L.C., doing business as AT&T Alabama; Big Bend Telephone Company, Incorporated; Blue Ridge Telephone Company; Brazoria Telephone Company; Camden Telephone & Telegraph Company, Incorporated; Chariton Valley Telecom Corporation; Chariton Valley Telephone Corporation; Choctaw Telephone Company; Citizens Telephone Company of Higginsville, Missouri; Concord Telephone Exchange, Incorporated; Craw-Kan Telephone Cooperative, Incorporated; Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Incorporated; Electra Telephone Company, Incorporated; Ellington Telephone Company; Farber Telephone Company; Fidelity Communication Services I, Incorporated; Fidelity Communication Services II, Incorporated; Fidelity Telephone Company; Five Area Telephone Cooperative, Incorporated; Ganado Telephone Company; Goodman Telephone Company; Granby Telephone Company; Grand River Mutual Telephone Company; Green Hills Area Cellular; Green Hills Telephone Corporation; Hill Country Telephone Cooperative, Incorporated; Holway Telephone Company; Humphreys County Telephone Company; Iamo Telephone Company; Illinois Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T Illinois; Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc., doing business as AT&T Indiana; Industry Telephone Company; K.L.M. Telephone Company; Kingdom Telephone Company; Lake Livingston Telephone Company, Incorporated; Lathrop Telephone Company; Le-Ru Telephone Company; Livingston Telephone Company; Mark Twain Communication Company; Mark Twain Rural Telephone Company; McDonald County Telephone Company; Michigan Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T Michigan; Mid-Missouri Telephone Company; Mid-Plains Rural Telephone Cooperative, Incorporated; Miller Telephone Company; Mokan Dial, Incorporated; Nelson-Ball Ground Telephone Company; Nevada Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T Nevada; New Florence Telephone Company; New London Telephone Company; Nortex Communications Company; North Texas Telephone Company; Orchard Farm Telephone Company; Ozark Telephone Company; Pacific Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T California; Peace Valley Telephone Company, Incorporated; Peoples Telephone Cooperative, Incorporated; Quincy Telephone Company; Rivera Telephone Company, Incorporated; Rock Port Telephone Company; Santa Rosa Telephone Cooperative, Incorporated; Seneca Telephone Company; Southwest Texas Telephone Company; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T Arkansas; Steelville Telephone Exchange, Incorporated; Stoutland Telephone Company; Tatum Telephone Company; Tellico Telephone Company; Tennessee Telephone Company; Missouri Public Service Commission; Ohio Bell Telephone Company, doing business as AT&T Ohio; Totelcom Communications, L.L.C.; Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.; West Plains Telecommunications, Incorporated; Wisconsin Bell Telephone, Incorporated, doing business as AT&T Wisconsin; AT&T Kansas; AT&T Missouri; AT&T Oklahoma; AT&T Texas; AT&T Florida; AT&T Georgia; AT&T Kentucky; AT&T Louisiana; AT&T Mississippi; AT&T North Carolina; AT&T South Carolina; AT&T Tennessee; TDS Telecommunications Corporation; Crockett Telephone Co.; West Tennessee Telephone Company, Inc.; North Central Telephone Coop., Incorporated; Highland Telephone Cooperative, Incorporated; Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative, Incorporated; Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company; Peoples Telephone Company, Incorporated, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Katherine Powell (argued), Edwin Paul Keiffer , Wight Ginsberg Brusilow, Steven H. Thomas , McGuire, Craddock & Strother, P.C., Dallas, TX, Torrence Evans Lewis , Sidney Powell, P.C., Chicago, IL, William Scott McCollough , McColloughHenry, P.C., West Lake Hills, TX, for Appellant.

Richard D. Milvenan (argued), Brook Bennett Brown , Michael Edward Kabat , McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Craig S. Johnson , Johnson & Sporleder, L.L.P., W.R. England, III , Brydon, Swearengen & England, P.C., Jennifer Leigh Heintz (argued), Missouri Pub. Serv. Com'n, Jefferson City, MO, Toby L. Gerber (argued), Mark Alan Platt , Oscar Rey Rodriguez , Ben Taylor , Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., David Mark Bennett (argued), Katherine Battaia Clark , Richard Barrett Phillips, Jr. , Cassandra Ann Sepanik , Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Jay Tyson Covey , Mayer Brown, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Appellees.

Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This case involves disputes between Halo Wireless, Inc. and the Texas and Missouri Telephone Companies ("TMT Companies"), TDS Communications Corp., and the AT&T Companies.1 The local telephone companies initiated twenty separate suits against Halo before ten state public utility commissions ("PUCs").2 Halo filed for bankruptcy as a result of this collective action. The telephone...

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