Case Name: QWEST CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION; David Boyd, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; J. Dennis O'Brien, in his official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Thomas Pugh, in his official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Phyllis Reha, in her official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Betsy Wergin, in her official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-11-25
Citations: 736 F.3d 776
Docket Number: No. 13-1267
Parties: QWEST CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION; David Boyd, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; J. Dennis O’Brien, in his official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Thomas Pugh, in his official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Phyllis Reha, in her official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Betsy Wergin, in her official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before RILEY, Chief Judge, MELLOY and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 736
Pages: 776–777

Head Matter:
QWEST CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION; David Boyd, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; J. Dennis O’Brien, in his official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Thomas Pugh, in his official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Phyllis Reha, in her official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission; Betsy Wergin, in her official capacity as a member of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 13-1267.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Nov. 20, 2013.
Filed: Nov. 25, 2013.
John Michael Devaney, Perkins & Coie, Washington, DC, Jason D. Topp, Corporation Counsel, Qwest Corporation Legal Department, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Lisa A. Crum, Michael Everson, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General’s Office, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before RILEY, Chief Judge, MELLOY and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Qwest Corporation appeals from the order and judgment the district court entered on January 7, 2013, on remand from our decision in Qwest Corp. v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, 684 F.3d 721 (8th Cir.2012). In Qwest, we held that the district court erred in upholding an April 23, 2010, order from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (commission). Id. at 722, 732. The commission's order had asserted it had authority under state law to regulate rates for certain telecommunica tion network elements that Qwest provided to its competitors voluntarily or as required by 47 U.S.C. § 271 — a key part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996(Act), Pub.L. No. 101-104, 110 Stat. 56 (codified as amended in scattered sections of Title 47 of the United States Code). Id. at 724-25, 732.
We concluded the commission's order was "preempted by the Act and the [Federal Communications Commissionj's implementing regulations and rulings." Id. at 732. "We reverse[d] the judgment of the district court, and remand[ed] to the district court to enter relief and judgment consistent with th[e] opinion." Id.
On remand, the district court determined that in Qwest we "held that the [c]ommission is preempted from regulating the rates of elements required by [§ ] 271, and did not reverse with regard to elements not required by [§ ] 271 but provided voluntarily." Concluding the commission's order "should not be vacated in its entirety," the district court ordered that the commission's order was only "preempted insofar as it regulates rates for elements required under [§ ] 271." That conclusion was in error.
To clarify, we held in Qwest that the commission's order was preempted in its entirety, and we reversed the district court's original judgment with respect to both the elements Qwest provides pursuant to § 271 and those it provides voluntarily. Id. at 722, 732. We again reverse the judgment of the district court and remand to the district court with instructions to vacate the whole April 23, 2010 order of the commission as preempted by federal law and to enjoin the commission from enforcing the order in its entirety.