Legal Opinion
Sprint Communications Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 28, 2001No. 01-1076, 01-1081 through 01-1084PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:
The regional Bell operating companies (“BOCs”), split off from AT&T in the 1982 antitrust settlement, provide most local telephone service. Section 271 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the “Act”), 47 U.S.C. § 271, offers the BOCs a deal: such a company can enter the long distance business in a state within its service area if it takes specified steps to open the local-service market to competition. SBC Communications, a provider of local service in Kansas and Oklahoma,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Gene A. Folden, Coastal Communications Associates, and Judith A. Longshore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- At&t Communications of Illinois, Inc. v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. And Ameritech Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- United States Telecom Ass'n v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
- Worldcom, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
- Verizon Telephone Companies v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
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