Record returned to U.S.C.A. for the 9th Circuit.

Acknowledgement of receipt (05/25/07) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit received.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, and Alito, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., and Thomas, J., filed dissenting opinions.

Argued. For petitioner: Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, Cal. For respondent: Roy T. Englert, Jr., Washington, D.C.; and James A. Feldman, Assistant to the Solicitor Generl, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Supplemental brief of respondent Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. (orders list)

Reply of petitioner Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

U.S.D.C. for the Western District of Washington is electronically filed (no hard copy).

Record received from U.S.C.A. for the 9th Circuit. (1 envelope)

Brief of respondent Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of the United Statesl filed. (Distributed).

CIRCULATED.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 10, 2006.

Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including July 26, 2006.

Brief of petitioner Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Sprint Communications Company LP filed.

Brief amicus curiae of AT&T filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including May 22, 2006.

Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2006.

Reply of petitioner Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. filed.

Brief of respondent Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc. in opposition filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 3, 2006)

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc., Petitioner, represented by Jeffrey L. Fisher

Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., Respondent, represented by Roy T. Englert Jr.

Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., Respondent, represented by David James Russell

AT&T, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aaron M. Panner

Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by James A. Feldman

Sprint Communications Company LP, Amicus Curiae, represented by David P. Murray

the Solicitor General, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul D. Clement