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                                        <a href="pdfs/Pre-1875 Land Grant Class Settlement Agreement.pdf" class="link2" target="_blank">
                                            Pre-1875 Land Grant Class Settlement Agreement</a></td>
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                                Welcome to the Fiber-Optic Cable Settlement Website
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                                The Court held the final fairness hearing on November 17, 2008. At the end of the
                                hearing, the Court took the motion for approval of the settlements under advisement.
                                When the Court issues an opinion or an order, it will be posted on the web site.
                                The time for filing a claim under the settlement will not begin to run until a notice
                                of final approval and a claim form are mailed to class members registered in the
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                                If You Are a Current or Prior Owner of Land Next to or Under Railroad Rights of
                                Way in Which Fiber-Optic Cable is Installed, You May Be Able to Qualify for Payment
                                From a Proposed Class Action Settlement.
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                                A Proposed Settlement has been reached between certain Defendant Telecommunications
                                Companies and a proposed Class of current and prior owners of land next to or under
                                certain railroad Rights of Way. It resolves litigation over whether these Defendants
                                had the right to install Telecommunications Facilities within railroad Rights of
                                Way without the consent of members of the Proposed Settlement Class.<br />
                                <br />
                                The Defendants are Sprint Nextel Corporation and Sprint Communications Company,
                                L.P.; Qwest Communications Corporation; Level 3 Communications, Inc. and Level 3
                                Telecom Holdings, Inc.; and WilTel Communications, Inc., WilTel Communications,
                                LLC and Williams Communications, LLC f/k/a Vyvx, Inc. This settlement includes fiber-optic
                                cable in the District of Columbia and forty-six of the lower forty-eight states.
                                This settlement does not include fiber-optic cable in Louisiana or Tennessee.
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                                Under the Proposed Settlement, current or prior owners of land next to or under
                                railroad Rights of Way in which the Defendants have installed Telecommunications
                                Facilities may make claims for payment. If you make a Qualifying Claim, you may
                                be able to receive payment. Procedures for filing Qualifying Claims are explained
                                in the Notice for your state and detailed more fully in the Proposed Settlement
                                Agreement.
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                                <b>DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT, DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL NETWORK OR THE DEFENDANTS IF YOU HAVE
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