Michael E. Brooks, Robert P. Marcovitch, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Mark B. Stern, Dept, of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Michael K. Kellogg, Sean A. Lev, Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Robert David Powell, Atlanta, GA, Charles W. Scarborough, U.S. Dept, of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee in No. 00-12809., Mark B. Stern, Dept, of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Michael K. Kellogg, Sean A. Lev, Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Robert P. Marcovitch, Kilpatrick Stockton, Atlanta, GA, Robert David Powell, Atlanta, GA, Charles W. Scarborough, U.S. Dept, of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee in No. 00-12810., John J. Hamill, Darryl M. Bradford, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Atlanta, GA, Thomas K. Bond, c/o Georgia Public Service Comm., Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Haley B. Riddle, David Issac Adelman, Carla W. McMillian, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Harold D. Melton, Atlanta, GA, John W. Sandifer, Gerry, Friend & Sapronov, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee in No. 00-12809., John J. Hamill, Darryl M. Bradford, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Atlanta, GA, Thomas K. Bond, c/o Georgia Public Service Comm., Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Haley B. Riddle, David Issac Adelman, Carla W. McMillian, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, GA, Harold D. Melton, Atlanta, GA, John W. Sandifer, Gerry, Friend & Sapronov, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Suzanne Ockleberry, Charles V. Gerkin, Jr., Atlanta, GA, Newton M. Galloway, Dean Richard Fuchs, Smith, Galloway, Lyndall & Fuchs, LLP, Griffin, GA, for Defendants Counter-Claimant-Appellee in No. 00-12810., C. LeeAnn McCurry, William,N. With-row, Jr., Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA, for Teleport Communications Inc. in Nos. 00-12809 & 00-12810.'