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SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL. v. CONNECT COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

No. 99-3952.

225 F.3d 942 (2000)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellant, United States; Federal Communications Commission, Intervenors on Appeal, v. CONNECT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION; Arkansas Public Service Commission; Jim Von Gremp, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission; Sam I. Bratton, Jr., in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Arkansas Public Service Commission; Betty C. Dickey, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, Appellees. MCI Worldcom, Inc., Amicus on Behalf of Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 12, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean A. Lev, Washington, DC, argued (Charles W. Scarborough, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Appellant.

Charles L. Schlumberger, Little Rock, AR, argued (Paul J. Ward, Little Rock, AR, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before BOWMAN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996, among other things, aims to jump-start competition in the market for local telephone service. See AT & T Corp. v. Iowa Utils. Bd., 525 U.S. 366, 371, 119 S.Ct. 721, 142 L.Ed.2d 835 (1999). One way Congress, through the Act, attempted to move toward this goal is by requiring the incumbent owner of a local telephone network to provide network access to its would-be...

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