GREAT LAKES COMMC'N v. FEDERAL COMMC'NS COM'N

No. 19-1233. Consolidated with 19-1244.

3 F.4th 470 (2021)

GREAT LAKES COMMUNICATION CORP., et al., Petitioners v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents AT&T Corp., et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren J. Coppola , argued the cause for petitioners. With her on the joint briefs were G. David Carter , Dwayne D. Sam , Anthony T. Caso , John C. Eastman , Henry Goldberg , and W. Kenneth Ferree , Robert Callahan entered an appearance.

James M. Carr , Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Michael F. Murray , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Robert B. Nicholson , and Andrew N. Delaney , Attorneys, Thomas M. Johnson, Jr. , General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Ashley S. Boizelle , Deputy General Counsel, and Richard K. Welch , Deputy Associate General Counsel. Jacob M. Lewis , Associate General Counsel, and Matthew J. Dunne , Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, entered an appearance.

Timothy J. Simeone , Deepika H. Ravi , Michael J. Hunseder , James P. Young , Christopher M. Heimann , and David L. Lawson were on the joint brief of intervenors AT&T Corp., et al. in support of respondents. C. Frederick Beckner III , Jonathan E. Nuechterlein , and Christopher J. Wright entered appearances.

Before: Wilkins and Rao, Circuit Judges, and Silberman, Senior Circuit Judge.


Petitioners challenge an FCC rule that discourages competitive carriers from stimulating access fees that long-distance carriers must pay when routing calls to a local carrier. We deny the petitions because the Commission has ample statutory authority and its rule is reasonable.

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