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TALK AMERICA, INC. v. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO.

Nos. 10-313, 10-329.

131 S.Ct. 2254 (2011)

564 U.S. 50

180 L.Ed.2d 96

TALK AMERICA, INC., Petitioner, v. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. dba AT&T Michigan. Orjiakor Isiogu, et al, Petitioners, v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. dba AT&T Michigan.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 9, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Bursch , Lansing MI, for petitioners.

Eric D. Miller for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Scott H. Angstreich , Washington, DC, for respondents.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Michigan Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Lansing, MI, B. Eric Restuccia , Michigan Deputy Solicitor General, Steven D. Hughey , Public Service Division Chief, Anne M. Uitvlugt , Assistant Attorney General, Public Service Division, for petitioners Orjiakor N. Isiogu, Monica Martinez, and Greg R. White, MPSC Commissioners.

D. Wayne Watts , AT&T Inc., Dallas, TX, John T. Lenahan , Mark R. Ortlieb , AT&T Services Inc., Chicago, IL, Cynthia F. Malone , AT&T Services Inc., Dallas, TX, Scott H. Angstreich , Counsel of Record, Brendan J. Crimmins , Scott K. Attaway , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Gary L. Phillips , Christopher M. Heimann , AT&T Services Inc., Washington, DC, for Michigan Bell Telephone Company.

THOMAS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court,

In these cases, we consider whether an incumbent provider of local telephone service must make certain transmission facilities available to competitors at cost-based rates. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) as amicus curiae1 contends that its regulations require the incumbent provider to do so if the facilities are to be used for interconnection: to link the...

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