| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Oct 4 2000 | Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 17, |
| | 2000) |
| Oct 4 2000 | LODGING consisting of 10 copies relating to reports of the FCC |
| | submitted by the petitioners (Volumes I & II). |
| Oct 19 2000 | Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi Public Service Commission to |
| | respond filed. |
| Oct 20 2000 | Waiver of right of respondent Kansas Corporation Commission to respond |
| | filed. |
| Oct 20 2000 | Waiver of right of respondent Sprint Corporation to respond filed. |
| Nov 2 2000 | Waiver of right of respondent North Carolina Utilities Commission to |
| | respond filed. VIDED. |
| Nov 6 2000 | Waiver of right of respondent Public Service Commission of WI to |
| | respond filed. |
| Nov 6 2000 | Waiver of right of respondent Qwest Corporation to respond filed. |
| Nov 7 2000 | Order extending time to file brief of respondent on the merits |
| | until November 17, 2000. |
| Nov 17 2000 | Brief of respondents WORLDCOM, Inc., et al. in opposition filed. |
| Nov 17 2000 | Brief of respondents Federal Communications Commission and the United |
| | States filed. VIDED. |
| Nov 17 2000 | Waiver of right of respondent AT&T Corporation to respond filed. |
| Nov 28 2000 | Reply brief of petitioners Verizon Communications Inc., et al. filed. |
| Nov 29 2000 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 5, 2001 |
| Jan 8 2001 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 12, 2001 |
| Jan 16 2001 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 19, 2001 |
| Jan 22 2001 | Petition GRANTED. limited to the following questions: 1) Whether |
| | the court of appeals erred in holding that 47 U.S.C. Sec. |
| | 252(d)(1) (Telecommunications Act of 1996) forecloses the cost |
| | methodology adopted by the FCC, 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 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. Sec. |
| | 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. Justice |
| | O'Connor OUT. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT October 10, 2001. |
| | ******************************************************** |
| Feb 7 2001 | Letter received from counsel for General Communications,Inc., |
| | waiving the right to file a brief on the merits. VIDED. |
| Feb 15 2001 | Order adopting the Solicitor General's proposal for simultaneous |
| | briefing. Opening briefs for petitioners and opening briefs for |
| | respondents supporting those petitioners are due on or before |
| | April 9, 2001. Briefs for respondents opposing petitioners are due |
| | on or before June 8, 2001. Reply briefs, if any, are due on or |
| | before July 23, 2001. |
| Apr 9 2001 | Brief of respondent Sprint Corporation in support of petitioners |
| | filed. VIDED. |
| Apr 9 2001 | Brief of petitioners Federal Communications Commission and the United |
| | States filed. VIDED. |
| Apr 9 2001 | Brief of petitioners WorldCom, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Apr 9 2001 | Brief of petitioners Verizon Communications Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Apr 9 2001 | Brief of petitioner AT&T Corp. filed. VIDED. |
| Apr 24 2001 | |
| | Motion of BellSouth Corporation, et al., for additional time for |
| | oral argument filed. |
| Jun 7 2001 | Brief of respondent National Association of State Utility Consumer |
| | Advocates filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief of respondent Sprint Corporation filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Allegiance Telecom, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief of respondent Qwest Communications International, Inc. filed. |
| | VIDED. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief of respondent AT&T Corporation filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief of respondents Federal Communications Commission and the United |
| | States filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief of respondents Public Service Commission of State of New York |
| | and NARUC filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 8 2001 | Brief of respondents WORLDCOM, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 19 2001 | Motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument filed. |
| Jun 29 2001 | Motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument GRANTED. |
| | Justice O'Connor OUT. |
| Jun 29 2001 | Motion of BellSouth Corporation, et al., for additional time for |
| | oral argument GRANTED. Thirty additional minutes are allotted for |
| | this purpose. to be divided as follows: 45 minutes for petitioners |
| | in No. 00-511, 15 minutes for petitioners in Nos. 00-555 and 00- |
| | 590, and 30 minutes for the Solicitor General. Justice O'Connor |
| | OUT. |
| Jul 6 2001 | LODGING consisting of 20 copies of publication entitiled |
| | "Telecommunications Act at three years", submitted by counsel for |
| | amicus Qwest. |
| Jul 23 2001 | Reply brief of respondent Sprint Corporation in support of petitioners |
| | filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2001 | Reply brief of petitioners United States and the Federal |
| | Communications Commission filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2001 | LODGING consisting of 20 copies of supplemental opinion of the |
| | Postal Commission, submitted by Verizon Entities. |
| Jul 23 2001 | Reply brief of petitioners Verizon Communications Inc., et al. filed. |
| | VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2001 | Reply brief of respondent AT&T Corporation filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 26 2001 | CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 6 2001 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Aug 6 2001 | Joint appendix in two volumes. VIDED. |
| Aug 6 2001 | LODGING consisting of 20 copies of two bound volumes of related |
| | material submitted by counsel for respondents Worldcom, et al. |
| Aug 6 2001 | LODGING consisting of twenty copies of supplemental material |
| | submitted by counsel for Worldcom, et al. and distributed. |
| Sep 26 2001 | Record filed. |
| Oct 2 2001 | LODGING consisting of 20 copies of transcript of testimony |
| | submitted by counsel for petitioners and distributed. |
| Oct 5 2001 | LODGING consisting of twenty sets of three bound volumes of |
| | related material submitted by counsel for the respondents and |
| | distributed |
| Oct 9 2001 | Letter from counsel for the petitioners received and distributed. |
| Oct 10 2001 | ARGUED. |
| May 13 2002 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED IN PART. REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED. |
| | Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which |
| | Rehnquist, C.J., and Stevens, Kennedy, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, |
| | in which Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined as to part III, and in |
| | which Thomas, J., also joined as to Part IV. Breyer, J., filed an |
| | opinion concurring in part and dissenting part, in which Scalia, |
| | J., joined as to Part VI. O'Connor, J., took no part in the |
| | consideration or decision of the cases. |
| Jun 12 2002 | |
| | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Jun 18 2002 | Record returned the USCA 8th Circuit. |
| Aug 13 2002 | Motion of the Solicitor General to retax costs filed. |
| Aug 14 2002 | DISTRIBUTED. September 30, 2002 (Page 109) |
| Oct 7 2002 | Motion of the Solicitor General to retax costs GRANTED. Justice |
| | O'Connor OUT. |
| Oct 7 2002 | MODIFIED JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| Andrew G. McBride | Wiley Rein & Fielding | 2027197135 |
| 1776 K Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| Party name: Verizon Communications Inc., et al. |
| | | |
| Irwin Popowsky | c/o Off. of Consumer Advocate | 7177835048 |
| 555 Walnut Street, 5th Fl. | |
| Harrisburg, PA 17101-1923 | |
| Party name: National Assoc. of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) |
| | | |
| Solicitor General | U.S. Department of Justice | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| | | |
| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Solicitor General | U.S. Department of Justice | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| Party name: Federal Communications Commission, et al. |
| | | |
| George M. Fleming | MS Public Utilities Staff | 6019615490 |
| P.O.Box 1174 | |
| Jackson, MS 39215-1174 | |
| Party name: Mississippi Public Service Commission |
| | | |
| Eva Powers | Kansas Corp. Comm.,Legal Dept. | 7852713173 |
| 1500 S.W. Arrowhead Rd. | |
| Topeka, KS 66604-4027 | |
| Party name: Kansas Corporation Commission |
| | | |
| David P. Murray | Willkie Farr, et al., Three | 2024294702 |
| Lafayette Centre,1155 21st St. | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| Party name: Sprint Corporation |
| | | |
| Robert H. Bennink Jr. | NC Utilities Commission | 9197330833 |
| 4325 Mail Service Center | |
| Raleigh, NC 27699-4325 | |
| Party name: North Carlina Utilities Commission |
| | | |
| William P. Barr | Verizon Services Group | |
| 1850 M Street, N. W. | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| | | |
| James D. Ellis | SBC Communications | |
| 175 E. Houston | |
| San Antonio, TX 78205 | |
| | | |
| Mark L. Evans | Kellogg, Huber, Hanson, et al. | |
| 1615 M Street, NW., Ste. 400 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| Party name: United States Telephone Association |
| | | |
| Charles R. Morgan | Bellsouth Corporation | |
| 1155 Peachtree Street, N.E. | |
| Atlanta, GA 30309 | |
| | | |
| Lawrence E. Sarjeant | United States Telecom Assoc. | |
| 1401 H. St., N. W., Suite 600 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: U.S. Telecom. Associates |
| | | |
| Roger K. Toppins | SBC Communications, Inc. | |
| 1401 I Street, N.W., Ste. 1100 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| | | |
| Michael S. Varda | Public Service Commission | 6082673591 |
| 610 North Whitney Way | |
| Madison, WI 53705-2729 | |
| Party name: Public Service Commission of WI |
| | | |
| William T. Lake | Wlimer,Cutler & Pickering | 2026636000 |
| 2445 M Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20037-1420 | |
| Party name: Qwest Communications International, Inc. |
| | | |
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. | Jenner & Block | 2026396000 |
| 601 13th Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: WORLDCOM, Inc., et al. |
| | | |
| David W. Carpenter | Sidley & Austin | 3128537000 |
| 10 South Dearborn Street | |
| Chicago, IL 60603 | |
| Party name: AT&T Corporation |
| | | |
| Irwin A. Popowsky | 555 Walnut Street, 5th FL | 7177835048 |
| Forum Place | |
| Harrisburg, PA 17101-1923 | |
| Party name: National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates |
| | | |
| James Bradford Ramsay | NARUC | 2028982200 |
| 1101 Vermont Ave., NW #200 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Public Service Commission of State of New York and NARUC |
| | | |
| Other Attorneys: | | |
| Harisha J. Bastiampillai | Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedma | 2024247500 |
| 3000 K Street, NW #300 | |
| Washington, DC 20007 | |
| Party name: Allegiance Telecom, Inc., et al. |
| | | |
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