District Court, S.D. Iowa March 19, 2015, No. 4:08-cv-00005-JEG (Aventure Communications Technology, LLC v. Sprint Communications Co.)

ORDER

JAMES E. GRITZNER, Senior Judge

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION... .712

II. JURISDICTION... .712

III. BACKGROUND... .712

A Telecommunication Regulatory Backdrop .... 712

1. Communications Act of 1934.... 712

2. Anti-trust Litigation.... 713

3. Telecommunications Act of 1996....714

4. The Act: IXCs, ILECs, and CLECs.... 714

*7115.Relevant Provisions of the Act... .716

B.