Legal Opinion
American Public Communications Council v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 16, 2000No. Nos. 99-1114, 99-1115, 99-1117, & 99-1122PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:
Section 276 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, that comprehensively amended the Communications Act of 1934, see Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (“1996 Act”), concerns payphone services. It requires the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) to promulgate regulations to “establish a per call compensation plan to ensure that all payphone service providers are fairly compensated for each and every completed intrastate and interstate call using their payphone.” 47…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for BroadcastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Industrial Union Department, Afl-Cio v. James D. Hodgson, Secretary, Department of Labor, Environmentaldefense Fund, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Illinois Public Telecommunications Ass'n v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by23 opinions
- NetworkIP, LLC v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
- Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Global TelLink v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
- Vonage Holdings Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
- Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001
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