Qwest Corporation v. City Of Portland

385 F.3d 1236 QWEST CORPORATION, a Colorado corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF PORTLAND, an Oregon municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee, City of Happy Valley; City of Keizer; City of North Plains; City of Pendleton; City of Redmond; City of Salem; City of Eugene; City of Springfield; City of Ashland, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 02-35473. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 3, 2003. Filed October 12, 2004. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; John Jelderks, Magistrate Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-01005-JE. David Goodnight, Stoel Rives LLP; Seattle, WA, Yana D. Koubourlis, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Seattle, WA; Patrick Lynch, Emily Brubaker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Roy Adkins, Qwest Corporation, Denver, CO, for plaintiff-appellant Qwest Corporation. Jeffery L. Rogers, Portland City Attorney, Harry Auerbach, Deputy City Attorney, Portland, OR; Nicholas Miller, Joseph Van Eaton, William Malone, Miller & Van Eaton, P.L.L.C, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee City of Portland. Pamela J. Beery, Paul C. Elsner, Berry Elsner & Hammond, LLP, Portland OR;…