Summary
granting certification
Summary of this case from Southern N.E. Telephone. v. Public Utility ControlOpinion
JANUARY 22, 2001
00-795. HOLDER, ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. FREE SPEECH COALITION ET AL. C.A. 9th Cir. Certiorari granted. Reported below: 198 F.3d 1083.
99-1786. GREAT-WEST LIFE ANNUITY INSURANCE Co. ET AL. v. KNUDSON ET VIR. C.A. 9th Cir. Motions of Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund and Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc., for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Certiorari granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. Reported below: 208 F.3d 221.
00-507. CHICKASAW NATION v. UNITED STATES; and CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA v. UNITED STATES. C.A. 10th Cir. Motion of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Certiorari granted. Reported below: 208 F.3d 871 (first judgment); 210 F.3d 889 (second judgment).
00-511. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. ET AL. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ET AL.;
00-555. WORLDCOM, INC., ET AL. v. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. ET AL.;
00-587. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ET AL. v. IOWA UTILITIES BOARD ET AL.;
00-590. ATT CORP. v. IOWA UTILITIES BOARD ET AL.; and
00-602. GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. IOWA UTILITIES BOARD ET AL. C.A. 8th Cir. Certiorari granted limited to the following questions: "(1) Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that 47 U.S.C. § 252 (d)(1) (Telecommunications Act of 1996) forecloses the cost methodology adopted by the Federal Communications Commission, which is based on the efficient replacement cost of existing technology, for determining the interconnection rates that new entrants into local telecommunications markets must pay incumbent local telephone companies. (2) Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that neither the Takings Clause nor the Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires the incorporation of an incumbent local exchange carrier's "historical" costs into the rates that it may charge new entrants for access to its network elements. (3) Whether 47 U.S.C. § 251 (c)(3) prohibits regulators from requiring that incumbent local telephone companies combine certain previously uncombined network elements when a new entrant requests the combination and agrees to compensate the incumbent for performing that task." Cases consolidated, and a total of one hour allotted for oral argument. JUSTICE O'CONNOR took no part in the consideration or decision of these petitions. Reported below: 219 F.3d 744.