United States Ninth Circuit

There is not a private right of action to recover damages for violating FCC regulations promulgated under section 276 of the Telecommunications Act, that require interexchange carriers to compensate payphone service providers for "dial-around" telephone calls made from their payphones.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/09/2003
• Decided 08/25/2003
• Published 08/25/2003

Judges

• Before KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Floyd A. Jensen, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Joel F. Tamraz, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Albert H. Kramer, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae American Public Communications Council, Inc., and APCC Services, Inc. Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Los Angeles, California, for amicus curiae Qwest Communications Corporation.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for defendants-appellees.