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BELLSOUTH TELECOMMS., INC. v. MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVS., INC.

Communications Law
Under 47 USC 252, a state commissions power to approve or reject interconnection agreements, not to interpret or enforce them, even if the state had...

U.S. W. COMMUNICATIONS, INC., v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CO., L.P.

Communications Law
Tariff opt-in provisions for competing local exchange carriers do not violate section 252 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

DEJULIO v. STATE OF GEORGIA

Communications Law
Changes in internal rules and procedures by which the Georgia General Assembly enacts local legislation are not subject to the preclearance...

S. AUSTIN COALITION CMTY. COUNCIL v. SBC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law
Under 15 USC 18 of the Clayton Act, telephone carriers that merge from non-competing local phone areas are subject to the "common carrier" exception.

SATELLITE BROAD. AND COMMUNICATIONS ASS'N v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law
The "carry one, carry all" rule, which requires satellite providers to carry all local broadcast channels in order to obtain a statutory copyright...

CELTRONIX TELEMETRY INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law
FCC's new grace period rule for late payment of Interactive Video and Data Service licenses, 47 CFR 1.2110(g)(4), does not violate the Administrative...

AT&T WIRELESS SERVS., INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law
Under 47 USC 316, decision by local spectrum license holders to resell part of their spectrum to airborne cellular telephone service does not...

VERIZON TEL. COS. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law
47 USC 208(b), makes FCC orders finding liability but reserving a finding for damages at a later date reviewable on appeal as a final order.

MCI TELECOMM. CORP. v. BELL ATLANTIC-PENNSYLVANIA

Communications Law
Section 252(e)(6) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, providing for federal court review of an interconnection agreement approved by a state...

AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF THE S. STATES, INC. v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMS., INC.

Communications Law
Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, an incumbent local exchange carrier need not exclude its operator services from its local telephone services...