112590P.pdf   07/12/2012  Qwest Corporation  v.  MN Public Utilities Comm.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-2590
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Wollman and Smith, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Telecommunications. Under the Telecommunications Act
   of 1996, state commissions may not impose Section 271 pricing
   requirements under the auspices of state law, and the congressional
   silence as to specific method of setting rates within Section 271 does not
   demonstrate that Congress intended to preserve state-law authority to set
   rates for network elements first required as part of Section 271; the Public
   Utilities Commission's order impermissibly intrudes on federal authority
   to regulate rates for elements under Section 271,and its order is
   preempted by the Act and the FCC's implementing regulations and
   rulings.