Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc. v. Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.

423 F.3d 1056 METROPHONES TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Washington corporation, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellee, v. GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Michigan corporation, Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellant, and Unidentified Companies I through X, Defendants. No. 04-35287. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued January 12, 2005. Resubmitted August 31, 2005. Filed September 8, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Michael J. Shortley, III, Global Crossing North America, Inc., Pittsford, NY, and Daniel M. Waggoner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-counter-claimant-appellant. David J. Russell, Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellee. Joel Marcus, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., for the amicus curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Marsha J. Pechman, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-03-00694. Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, and GOODWIN and GRABER, Circuit Judges. GRABER, Circuit Judge: 1 We again are asked to decide whether a provider…