CORE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. VERIZON MARYLAND LLC

No. 12-2572.

744 F.3d 310 (2014)

CORE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VERIZON MARYLAND LLC, as successor entity to Verizon Maryland, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Maryland Public Service Commission; Steven B. Larsen, In his official capacity as Chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission; Harold D. Williams, In his official capacity as Commissioner of the Maryland Public Service Commission; Allen M. Freifeld, In his official capacity as Commissioner of the Maryland Public Service Commission; Susanne Brogan, In her official capacity as Commissioner of the Maryland Public Service Commission; Lawrence Brenner, In his official capacity as Commissioner of the Maryland Public Service Commission, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ralph Lee Gleaton, II , Gleaton Wyatt Hewitt, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. Scott H. Angstreich , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Andrew M. Hetherington , Jessica C. Collins , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge GREGORY joined.


KING, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Core Communications, Inc. appeals the district court's award of summary judgment to defendant Verizon Maryland, LLC, successor to Verizon Maryland, Inc. (interchangeably "Verizon"), with respect to a pair of tort claims pursued by Core under Maryland law. See Core Commc'ns, Inc. v. Verizon Md., Inc., No. 1:02-cv-03180, 2012 WL 3292899 (D.Md. Aug. 10, 2012), ECF No. 66 (the "Memorandum...

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