Legal Opinion

Verizon Telephone Companies v. Federal Communications Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 18, 2002No. 01-1371 and 01-1379PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

Section 251(c)(6) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires incumbent local exchange carriers to provide competitive local exchange carriers with space for the “physical collocation of equipment necessary for interconnection or access to unbundled network elements at [their] premises.” Responding to our opinion in GTE Service Corporation v. FCC, which vacated the Federal Communication Commission’s first order implementing section 251(c)(6) “insofar as it embrace[d] unduly broad definitions of ‘necessary’ and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
  5. Gte Service Corporation,petitioners v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, North Point Communications, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. New York v. U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2005
  2. National Electrical Manufacturers Ass'n v. United States Department of EnergyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2011
  3. Sherrod v. McHughCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
  4. Star Wireless, LLC v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
  5. CC1 Ltd. P'ship v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018

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