all - Opinion Summaries

HEYDON v. MEDIAONE OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, INC.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
The Cable Communications Policy Act did not provide a private cause of action to plaintiffs, in an action challenging defendant's ability to enter...

AT&T CORP. V. FED.L COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Communications Law, Public Utilities
The FCC's requirement, that telecommunications carriers guarantee that the actual line subscriber has authorized a service charge order, exceeds the...

PAC. BELL v. PAC-WEST TELECOMM, INC.

Communications Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Public Utilities
California Public Utilities Commission orders, requiring that reciprocal compensation provisions in an interconnection agreement apply to calls made...

METRONET SERVS. CORP. v. US WEST COMMUNICATIONS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Communications Law
Resellers of a product offering volume discounted phone line access and calling features presented sufficient evidence of monopoly power, exclusionary...

STATE OF MISSOURI EX REL NIXON v. AM. BLAST FAX, INC.

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
Provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 regulating unsolicited faxes, 47 U.S.C. Sec. 227(b)(1)(C), satisfies the constitutional...

BROAD. SATELLITE INT'L, INC. v. NAT'L DIGITAL TELEVISION CTR.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts
The district court properly found that a satellite lease agreement terminated in 1998, and a decision not to allow a jury to construe a fee agreement...

MICHIGAN BELL TEL. CO. v. MCIMETRO ACCESS TRANSMISSION SERVS., INC.

Communications Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
The Michigan Public Service Commission did not reach an arbitrary and capricious result under Michigan contract law, in finding that a local...

BILTMORE FOREST BROAD. FM, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Media Law
An FCC order awarding a radio station license to the high bidder in a license auction is affirmed, as purported failures to adhere to auction rules...

SMILOW v. S.W. BELL MOBILE SYS., INC.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Contracts
A decision decertifying a class action brought by and on behalf of wireless phone customers for breach of contract is reversed, as claims of most...

ACLU v. ASHCROFT

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Media Law
On remand from the Sup. Ct., the District Court did not abuse its discretion in granting an injunction against the enforcement of the Child Online...