all - Opinion Summaries

THEOFEL v. FAREY-JONES

Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law
Section 2701(c)(1) of the Stored Communications Act does not provide refuge to a defendant who obtains consent by exploiting a known mistake relating...

GREENE v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CO.

Communications Law
There is not a private right of action to recover damages for violating FCC regulations promulgated under section 276 of the Telecommunications Act,...

US CELLULAR TEL. OF GREATER TULSA, L.L.C. v. CITY OF BROKEN ARROW

Administrative Law, Communications Law
A city's denial of specific use permit requests for the construction of cellular transmission towers, did not violate the Telecommunications Act as it...

GTE WIRELESS, INC. v. CELLEXIS INT'L, INC.

Communications Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Patent
Based on the procedural history and extrinsic evidence, there are conflicting reasonable interpretations of a settlement agreement which create a...

CARAFANO v. METROSPLASH.COM, INC.

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
A computer match-making service is statutorily immune under the circumstances, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. section 230(c)(1), from legal liability arising...

WISCONSIN BELL, INC. v. BIE

Communications Law, Public Utilities
A state may not create an alternative method by which a phone company competitor can obtain interconnection rights, as such a method is preempted by...

BELL ATL. CORP. v. AT&T CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Communications Law
In Rule 23(f) interlocutory appeal challenging the denial of motion to certify two classes of plaintiffs allegedly injured by the refusal of the...

TRANSP. INTELLIGENCE, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law
An FCC order, denying a company's application for review of a decision to authorize a competitor to market a radio transmitter, was neither arbitrary...

KAUFMAN v. ACS SYS., INC.

Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
A class action under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, which regulates unsolicited "junk fax" advertisements, may be maintained...

INTELLECTUAL PROP. DEV., INC. v. UA-COLUMBIA CABLEVISION OF WESTCHESTER, INC.

Communications Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of non-infringement of a patent directed to "broadcasting systems with fibre optic transmission lines" is affirmed in favor of...