KENTUCKY COMMERCIAL MOBILE v. TRACFONE WIRELESS

Nos. 11-6215, 11-6300.

712 F.3d 905 (2013)

Commonwealth of KENTUCKY COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOARD, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Jonathan David Goldberg , Goldberg & Simpson, Prospect, Kentucky, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, New York, Sheryl G. Snyder , Thomas Patrick O'Brien, III , Cory J. Skolnick , Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Jonathan David Goldberg , Jan M. West , Jennifer K. Luhrs , Goldberg & Simpson, Prospect, Kentucky, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Mark Allen Loyd , John K. Bush , Bingham Greenebaum Doll, Louisville, Kentucky, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: KEITH, MARTIN, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

DAMON J. KEITH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a dispute between TracFone Wireless, Inc. ("TracFone") — which provides prepaid wireless phone service primarily through third-party retailers — and the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telecommunications Board ("CMRS Board" or "the Board") — an entity created by the Kentucky General Assembly to develop an emergency 911 system for wireless customers in Kentucky. The...

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