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CHAPPELLE; MONICA MARTINEZ,
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On Remand from the United States Supreme Court.
No. 06-11982—Julian A. Cook, Jr., District Judge.
Argued: December 10, 2008
Decided and Filed: March 26, 2012
Before: BATCHELDER, Chief Judge; GILMAN and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.
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Nos. 07-2469/2473 Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Lark, et al. Page 2
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COUNSEL
ARGUED: Bill Magness, CASEY, GENTZ & MAGNESS, L.L.P., Austin, Texas,
Michael A. Nickerson, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. William Julius Champion III, DICKINSON
WRIGHT PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellee. Scott H. Angstreich, KELLOGG,
HUBER, HANSEN, TODD, EVANS & FIGEL, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amici
Curiae. ON BRIEF: Bill Magness, CASEY, GENTZ & MAGNESS, L.L.P., Austin,
Texas, Michael A. Nickerson, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Lansing, Michigan, Michael S. Ashton, FRASER, TREBILCOCK, DAVIS & DUNLAP,
P.C., Lansing, Michigan, Steven D. Hughey, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN
ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. William Julius Champion
III, Jeffery V. Stuckey, DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for
Appellee. Scott H. Angstreich, KELLOGG, HUBER, HANSEN, TODD, EVANS &
FIGEL, PLLC, Washington, D.C., Laurel R. Bergold, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.
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OPINION
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ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Chief Judge. On appeal of this case to the United
States Supreme Court, the Court reversed our prior holding and held that the incumbent
local exchange carrier, Michigan Bell, must lease its existing entrance facilities for
interconnection at cost-based rates. Talk Am., Inc. v. Mich. Bell Tel. Co., 564 U.S. --,
131 S. Ct. 2254, 2260 (2011).
Consequently, we REVERSE the district court’s judgment to the contrary and
REMAND this case to the district court with instructions to enter an Order consistent
with the Supreme Court’s opinion.