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

(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.