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STARPOWER COMMUNICATIONS, LLC v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law
Under Virginia's plain meaning rule, interconnection agreements were not unambiguous as to whether they require reciprocal compensation for telephone...

GLOBAL NAPs, INC. v. FEDERAL INS. CO.

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Because a third party complaint against plaintiff does not allege the required element of special injury, it did not state or adumbrate (broadly...

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...

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CO. L.P. v. CAT COMMUNICATIONS INT'L, INC.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Remedies
In a dispute over unauthorized access to plaintiff's telephone line network, the District Court erred by retroactively increasing the amount of an...

NEW ENGLAND PUB. COMMUNCATIONS COUNCIL, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law
The Telecommunications Act authorizes the FCC to regulate Bell operating company (BOC) intrastate payphone line rates, but not those of non-BOC local...

Z-TEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Communications Law
In approving an incumbent local exchange carrier's application to provide long-distance service, under section 271 of the Telecommunications Act of...

RANGER CELLULAR v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Communications Law
An FCC order allowing new applicants to apply for certain cellular telephone licenses properly interpreted a provision of the Balanced Budget Act of...

PARKER v. TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Because the district court decided defendant's motion on the basis of a legal standard later rejected by this Court, and has not yet applied the...

SPRINT CORP. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Communications Law
A challenge to an FCC decision to lift a ban on specialized overlay area codes is unripe, as challenges are intertwined with how the FCC might...

RAINBOW/PUSH COALITION v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Media Law
An association lacked Article III standing to appeal the FCC's granting of applications to transfer control of television broadcasting licenses, where...