Legal Opinion
Richard Goldwasser, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Ameritech Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 25, 2000No. 98-1439PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996), codified at 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., represents a comprehensive effort by Congress to bring the benefits of deregulation and competition to all aspects of the telecommunications market in the United States, including especially local markets. But progress and change in such a complex industry do not occur overnight, and Congress accordingly entrusted the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the state public utility commissions with the task of overseeing the transition from the former…
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