Western Radio Services Co. v. Qwest Corporation

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WESTERN RADIO SERVICES CO., an  Oregon corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 05-35796 QWEST CORPORATION, a Colorado corporation; THE PUBLIC UTILITY  D.C. No.

CV-05-00159-ALA

COMMISSION OF OREGON; LEE BEYER

OPINION

Chairman; RAY BAUM, Commissioner; JOHN SAVAGE, Commissioner, Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ann L. Aiken, U.S. District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 6, 2007—Portland, Oregon

Filed July 9, 2008

Before: Edward Leavy, Raymond C. Fisher and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

8171 8174 WESTERN RADIO SERVICES v. QWEST CORP.

COUNSEL

Marianne G. Dugan (argued), Eugene, Oregon, for Western Radio Services Co., plaintiff-appellant. WESTERN RADIO SERVICES v. QWEST CORP. 8175 Alex M. Duarte (argued), Portland, Oregon, Qwest Corpora- tion, Gregory B. Monson, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Timothy W. Snider, Portland, Oregon, Stoel Rives, LLP, for Qwest Corporation, defendant-appellee.

Erin C. Lagesen, Office of the Oregon Attorney…