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IDT Corp. v. Tyco Group

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts
In a breach of contract action based on defendants' withdrawal from a joint venture to construct a fiber optic communications network, judgment for...

Sprint PCS Assets, L.L.C. v. Palos Verdes Estates

Communications Law, Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In an action under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 claiming that defendant-city improperly denied plaintiff permission to construct two wireless...

USCOC of Greater Mo. v. Ferguson

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In an action claiming that defendant-city violated plaintiff telecommunications company's rights under the Telecommunications Act (TCA) by failing to...

Morgan v. AT&T Wireless Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In a consumer class action against defendant AT&T Wireless Services (AT&T) based on its marketing and sale of premium cell phones that...

AT&T Inc. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
Petition for review of a decision rejecting AT&T's claim that the FCC could not lawfully release documents pursuant to the Freedom Of Information...

Powers v. Pottery Barn, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a consumer class action case against Pottery Barn, trial court ruling sustaining defendant's demurrer is reversed as the Song-Beverly Credit Card...

Sutliffe v. Epping Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Media Law
In plaintiffs' section 1983 suit against various town and school officials alleging that defendants advocated for approval of budgets and spending...

Thomas v. City of Peoria

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action against the city of Peoria under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 arising from an arrest on mistaken identity, district court's...

Hilton v. Hallmark Cards

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement and state tort action by Paris Hilton against the greeting card company Hallmark for using her image and catchphrase in a...

Comcast Corp. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law
In a petition for review of an FCC rule in which the Commission capped at 30% of all subscribers the market share any single cable television operator...