CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO. OF MN v. FCC

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument were: Russell Paul Hanser of Washington, DC for CenturyLink and Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota, LLC; Christopher J. Wright of Washington, DC for Sprint Corporation and Windstream Services, LLC; Matthew J. Dunne of Washington, DC for FCC; Jonathan E. Nuechterlein of Washington, DC for AT&T.

Briefs were filed by the following parties: CENTURYLINK, INC. and CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF MINNESOTA, LLC., Russell P. Hanser , Brian W. Murray , Ethan D. Jeans and Melissa L. Turcios of Washington, DC.

GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC; BT AMERICAS, INC.; and INCOMPAS, Markham Cho Erickson , Washington DC.

WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC and SPRINT CORPORATION, Christopher J. Wright , John T. Nakahata , Timothy J. Simeone , H. Henry Shi , and V. Shiva Goel , Washington, DC.

AD HOC TELECOMMUNICATIONS USERS COMMITTEE, Colleen Boothby and Sara Kuehnle , Washington, DC.

ACCESS POINT, INC.; ALPHEUS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; NEW HORIZONS COMMUNICATIONS CORP.; and XCHANGE TELECOM, LLC, Russesll Blau and Andrew D. Lipman , Washington, DC.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Robert B. Nicholson and Robert J. Wiggers , U.S. Dept. Of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC, Sarah E. Citrin and Matthew J. Dunne , FCC, Washington, DC.

AMICI PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA, and NEW NETWORKS INSTITUTE, Harold Feld , John Bergmayer , and Philip Berenbroik , PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, Washington, DC., Bruce Kushnick , NEW NETWORKS INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY, Mark Cooper , CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA, Washington, DC.

INTERVENORS AD HOC ET AL. In support of Respondents, SPRINT COPORATION AND WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC, Christopher J. Wright , John T. Nakahata , Timothy J. Simeon , H. Henry Shi , V. Shiva Goel , Washington, DC, BT AMERICAS, INC.; GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC; and INCOMPAS Markham Cho Erickson , Washington, DC.

CABLE INTERVENORS in Support of the Federal Respondents, Matthew A. Brill , Matthew T. Murchison , Washington, DC, Ryan S. Baasch , New York, NY.

ILEC INTERVENORS in Support of the Federal Respondents, CENTURYLINK, Craig J. Brown , Denver, CO, AT&T and USTELECOM, Jonathan E. Nuechterlein , James P. Young , C. Frederick Beckner, III , Christopher T. Shenk , and Kurt A. Johnson , Washington DC.

Before SHEPHERD, MELLOY, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.