United States Second Circuit

The filed-rate doctrine bars state-law claims pertaining directly to the price of telecommunications services subject to an FCC filing, as well as state-law claims regarding nonprice aspects, such as service, provisioning, and billing options.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/02/2001
• Decided 01/22/2001
• Published 01/22/2001

Judges

• SACK, Circuit Judge:, Before SACK, SOTOMAYOR, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip S. Ross,Hoffinger, Friedland, Dobrish & Stern, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.