Legal Opinion
Sprint Communications Company, L.P. v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America, at & T Corporation, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 23, 1996No. 94-1667PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
In 1987 Sprint complained to the FCC that AT & T had been charging it unlawfully high rates for Digital Data Service. The Common Carrier Bureau dismissed Sprint’s claim insofar as it related to damages suffered outside the two-year limitations period of 47 U.S.C. § 415 — that is, damages suffered before January 1985. The Commission affirmed the Bureau’s decision and Sprint petitioned this court for review.
Sprint argues first that AT & T should be denied the protection of the statute of limitations with respect to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Wood v. CarpenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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