HAMILTON CTY. EMER. COMMS. DIST v. BELLSOUTH

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Frederick L. Hitchcock , CHAMBLISS, BAHNER & STOPHEL, P.C., Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellants. Scott H. Angstreich , KELLOGG, HUBER, HANSEN, TODD, EVANS & FIGEL, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Frederick L. Hitchcock , Willa B. Kalaidjian , CHAMBLISS, BAHNER & STOPHEL, P.C., Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellants. Scott H. Angstreich , Jeremy S. Newman , KELLOGG, HUBER, HANSEN, TODD, EVANS & FIGEL, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Kate Comerford Todd , Steven P. Lehotsky , UNITED STATES CHAMBER LITIGATION CENTER, Washington, D.C., Jonathan G. Cedarbau , WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, Washington, D.C., Brook Hopkins , Sameer Ahmed , WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, Misty Smith Kelley , BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Gregory L. Skidmore , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK, J., joined, and MOORE, J., joined in part. MOORE, J. (pp. 540-41), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.