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Anderson v. Time Warner

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In a trespass action alleging that defendant-telephone company was not authorized to maintain a fiber optic network on county property, judgment in...

SBC Communications Inc. v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law, M&A, Public Utilities
The FCC erred when it found that plaintiff violated the terms of a requirement, imposed as a condition to the merger between plaintiff and Ameritech,...

At&T Corp. v. Sprint Corp.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Evidence
In a dispute between telephone companies, denial of a motion to intervene, seeking access to confidential documents protected by a Protective Order,...

Am. Bankers Ins. Group v. US

Communications Law, Public Utilities, Tax Law
The district court erred when it determined that long distance telephone services purchased by plaintiff were subject to an excise tax under Internal...

Am. Library Ass'n v. FCC

Administrative Law, Communications Law
The Communications Act does not give the FCC authority to regulate apparatus that can receive television broadcasts when those apparatus are not...

DIRECTV Inc. v. Nicholas

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
The plain language of 18 U.S.C. section 2511 and 18 U.S.C. section 2520 allows a television broadcast company to maintain a civil action against an...

Ameritech Corp. v. McCann

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Government Law
18 U.S.C. section 2706, which requires any governmental entity that demands certain information from phone companies to pay for the expense of its...

Universal City Studios v. Peters

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
Rejection of plaintiff's claims for royalties from copyrighted television broadcasts is affirmed where the claims were untimely since plaintiff could...

State of TN v. City of Chattanooga

Communications Law, Government Law
Defendant-City's denial of plaintiff's applications for permits to construct communication towers was improper where defendant's informal...

In the Matter of The New York Times Co.

Communications Law, Government Law
The New York City Fire Department is required by the Freedom of Information Law to disclose tapes and transcripts of certain conversations that...