Sprint Communications Company of Virginia, Inc. v. Central Telephone Company of Virginia

Issue: (1) Whether a dispute regarding the proper interpretation of an “interconnection agreement” (“ICA”) entered into pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 may be brought directly in federal court without exhausting administrative remedies in the state public utilities commission that approved the agreement; and (2) whether stock in a specific company held in an individual retirement account (“IRA”) qualifies as a “mutual or common investment fund” within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 455(d)(4)(i), such that a judge holding stock in a party to a case before him need not recuse himself if the stock is held in an IRA.