Brandenburg Granted Summary Judgment in Toll Charges Fight
A federal court granted Brandenburg Telephone's motion for summary judgment in its lengthy legal fight with Sprint over toll charges from interexchange traffic, per a docket 3:09-cv-109 order last week with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of…
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Kentucky. Judge Claria Horn Boom granted Brandenberg's motion for summary judgment on its breach of contract/tariff claim against Sprint and on all of Sprint's counterclaims. She denied Sprint's motion for partial summary judgment on some of its counterclaims and on its affirmative defense of federal preemption. The parties have a March 14 deadline to file briefs on damages issues, what principal is owed, and which interest rate applies, with the parties so far offering different calculations.