all - Opinion Summaries

Optimum Corp. v. Emcore Corp.

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement suit related to methods for improvements in an optical communication system, grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment...

Global Naps, Inc. v. Verizon New England Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts
District court's judgment in favor of Verizon for $57,716,714 for access charges that defendant owed but failed to pay for services Verizon provided...

US v. Stevens

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law, Media Law
The Third Circuit's reversal of defendant's conviction under 18 U.S.C. section 48 for selling videos depicting dogfighting is affirmed where section...

Comcast Corp. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law
In a petition for review of the FCC's order concluding not only that it had jurisdiction over an internet service provider's network management...

Desert Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Oakland

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that the city of Oakland's billboard ordinances violated the First Amendment, denial of plaintiff's motion to clarify the...

News & Observer Publ'g. Co. v. Raleigh-Durham Airport Auth.

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In newspaper publishers' First Amendment challenge to a public airport's total ban on newspaper racks inside its terminals, grant of summary judgment...

Cablevision Sys. Corp. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law, Government Law
In a petition for review of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision to extend for five years a statutory prohibition against exclusive...

Wampler v. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Entertainment Law
In an antitrust action on behalf of a putative class of all residents of multiple dwelling units (MDUs) in five states who were limited to voice,...

Russian Media Group, LLC v. Cable Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's action against defendant-cable television company claiming that it pirated Russian-language satellite television programming to enable...

Hesse v. Sprint Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Tax Law
In a class action alleging that defendant Sprint Corp. unlawfully collected a Washington state tax from Washington customers, summary judgment for...