Legal Opinion
Illinois Public Telecommunications Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 13, 2014No. 13-1059, 13-1083, 13-1149PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH.
KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:
Once upon a time, the only way to call home from a roadside rest stop or neighborhood diner was to use a payphone. Some payphones were owned by independent payphone providers. Other payphones were owned by Bell Operating Companies. The Bell Operating Companies also happened to own the local phone lines. To ensure fair competition in the payphone market, Congress prohibited Bell Operating Companies from exploiting their control over the local phone lines to discriminate against other payphone providers in the…
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