Legal Opinion
AT&T Corp. v. Aventure Communication Technology, LLC
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided September 19, 2016No. 4:07-cv-00043-JEGPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES E. GRITZNER, Senior Judge, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION... 966
II. JURISDICTION... 967
III. GENERAL BACKGROUND... 967
A. Telecommunication Regulatory Backdrop... 967
1. Communications Act of 1934..'. 968
2. Antitrust Litigation ... 968
3. Telecommunications Act of 1996...969
4. The Act: IXCs, ILECs, and CLECs... 970
5. Relevant Provisions of the Act.. .971
B. “Traffic Pumping” Litigation.. .973
1. Farmers v. Qwest...974
a. FCC: Farmers I... 974
b. FCC: Farmers Reconsideration 1...975
c. FCC: Farmers II.. .976
d. FCC: Farmers Reconsideration 11...979
e. D.C. Circuit: Farmers…
2Cases cited73 opinions
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- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by2 opinions
- All Am. Tel. Co. v. AT & T Corp.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 2018
- Northern Valley Communications, L.L.C. v. AT & T Corp.District Court, D. South Dakota · 2017