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WWC Holding Co., Inc. v. Sopkin

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
The Telecommunications Act does not prevent a state's Public Utilities Commission from exercising its express statutory authority under Section 214(e)...

Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Order issuing notices of apparent liability against two of petitioner Fox's broadcasts for violating the respondent FCC's indecency regime is vacated...

In re Southwestern Bell Tel. Co., L.P.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
The Public Utility Commission (PUC) has primary jurisdiction to resolve threshold questions about the meaning and effect of certain telephone...

Vonage Holdings Corp. v. FCC

Communications Law
Order requiring petitioners to contribute to the Universal Service Fund is vacated for portions of the order where respondent's explanation is wanting...

Directv, Inc. v. Treesh

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In an action brought by satellite companies seeking a permanent injunction against provisions recently added to Kentucky's revenue statutes, which...

Preferred Capital, Inc. v. Sarasota Kennel Club, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts
State law, as opposed to federal law, controls the interpretation of a forum selection clause when the clause is raised as the sole basis for personal...

N. Am. Catholic Educ. Programming Found., Inc. v. Gheewalla

Bankruptcy Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
The creditors of a Delaware corporation that is either insolvent or in the zone of insolvency have no right, as a matter of law, to assert direct...

Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts
Stating a claim under section 1 of the Sherman Act requires a complaint with enough factual matter (taken as true) to suggest that an agreement was...

New Phone Co. v. City of New York

Civil Procedure, Communications Law
In case involving fringe payphone service provider's numerous complaints challenging defendant city's regulatory scheme, orders sua sponte dismissing...

Oscar Private Equity Invs. v. Allegiance Telecom, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Securities Law
Given the lethal force of certifying a class of purchasers of securities enabled by the fraud-on-the-market doctrine, loss causation must be...