IN THE MATTER OF THE BOARD'S INVESTIGATION

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Finnigan (Rich May, P.C.) and Eric J. Krathwohl (Rich May, P.C.) of the Massachusetts bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for appellants Level 3 Communications, LLC, CTC Communications Corp., Conversent Communications of New Jersey LLC, PAETEC Communications, Inc., US LEC of Pennsylvania, LLC, RNK, Inc., Cavalier Telephone Mid-Atlantic, LLC, and XO Communications Services, Inc. (Mr. Finnigan and Mr. Krathwohl, attorneys and on the briefs).

Alex Moreau, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Board of Public Utilities (Paula T. Dow, Attorney General, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Jessica L. Campbell, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Christopher J. White, Deputy Rate Counsel, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel (Stephanie A. Brand, Director, attorney; Mr. White, Jose Rivera-Benitez, Assistant Deputy Rate Counsel, and Maria T. Novas-Ruiz, Assistant Deputy Rate Counsel, on the briefs).

Henry Weissmann (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP) of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent Verizon New Jersey, Inc. (Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., Mr. Weissman, and Richard A. Chapkis, General Counsel (Verizon New Jersey Inc.) of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; Hesser G. McBride, Jr., Mr. Weissmann and Mr. Chapkis, of counsel and on the brief).

Benjamin J. Aron (Sprint Nextel Corporation) of the Maryland bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent Sprint (Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, LLP and Mr. Aron, attorneys; James C. Meyer and Mr. Aron, of counsel and on the briefs).

William K. Mosca, Jr., argued the cause for respondent AT&T Communications of NJ, L.P. (Bevan, Mosca, Giuditta & Zarillo, P.C.; Demetrios G. Metropoulos (Mayer Brown, LLP) of the of the Illinois bar, admitted pro hac vice; and Mark A. Keffer (AT&T Communications of NJ, L.P.) of the District of Columbia, Virginia and West Virginia bars, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys; Mr. Mosca, Murray E. Bevan, Richard H. Rubin, Mr. Metropoulos and Mr. Keffer, of counsel and on the briefs).

Greenberg, Dauber, Epstein & Tucker, P.C. and Michael H. Pryor (Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.) of the California and District of Columbia bars, admitted pro hac vice, attorneys for respondent New Jersey Cable Telecommunications Association (Mr. Pryor, of counsel and on the brief; Linda G. Harvey, on the brief).

Before Judges Axelrad, R. B. Coleman, and Lihotz.