Legal Opinion
Southwestern Bell Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, and United States of America, United States Telephone Association, Intervenors
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 20, 1995No. 93-1562, 93-1568, 93-1590 and 93-1624PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:
This case presents yet another chapter in the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC” or “Commission”) series of attempts to relax the tariff-filing requirements for *1517nondominant common carriers. After initially adopting rules permitting nondominant common carriers to avoid filing tariffs, the FCC later adopted rules forbidding such filing. Courts struck down both attempts under the view that Congress’s mandate in the rate-filing section of the Communications…
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