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Feder v. Elec. Data Sys. Corp.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Government Contracts, Securities Law
Class certification in a securities class action is affirmed where there was no abuse of discretion in finding the state of New Jersey to be an...

Shivwits Band of Paiute Indians v. Utah

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Grant of summary judgment for plaintiffs affirmed where defendant-State lacked authority to regulate billboard advertising displays erected by...

In re Universal Service Fund Telephone Billing Practice Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Defendant's interlocutory appeal from an order of the district court denying defendant's motion to compel arbitration and stay in a multi-district...

OfficeMax v. US

Communications Law, Tax Law
In a tax case disputing the meaning of -toll telephone service- as defined in 26 U.S.C. section 4252(b)(1), a toll charge must vary by both distance...

ICO Gobal Communications v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts
The Federal Communications Commission did not abuse its discretion when it found that plaintiffs had not satisfied the first of several "milestone"...

Qwest Corp. v. Minn. Pub. Util. Commission

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a case regarding alleged violations of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission lacked the express authority...

Kidd Communications v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The FCC's approval of a radio station license transfer is vacated where the decision was contrary to FCC precedent and its policy against allowing the...

Global Naps, Inc. v. Massachusetts Dep't of Telecomm.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts
The doctrine of issue preclusion does not bind one state's commission to apply the findings and conclusions of another state's commission in disputes...

Metrophones Telecomm. v. Global Crossing

Communications Law
A provider of payphone services may sue a long distance carrier to recover compensation that federal regulations obligate the carrier to pay.

Liberty Cablevision v. Municipality of Caguas

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Municipal ordinances, which assess gross revenue fees on cable providers for use of the municipalities' "rights-of-way," are preempted by federal law...