Dixie-Net Communications, Inc. v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.

Issue: (1) Whether, when interpreting Interconnection Agreements issued pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, state agencies that interpret those agreements are entitled to deference on pure matters of law; (2) to resolve a split in the circuits, whether the Telecommunications Act of 1996 authorizes federal courts jurisdiction to evaluate the Mississippi Public Service Commission’s interpretation of a negotiated interconnection agreement or simply to evaluate whether the interconnection agreement complies with the substantive requirements of the Act; and (3) whether the Telecommunication Act of 1996 preempts the Mississippi legislature’s right to determine the deference given to the Mississippi Public Service Commission through its enabling act.