Legal Opinion

MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Public Service Commission

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 9, 1985PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Levine, J.

The instant proceedings have their genesis in two historic, modern developments in the telecommunications industry in the United States. The first of these was the entry in the early 1970s of independent carrier companies, commonly referred to as other common carriers (OCCs), into the long-distance telecommunications market theretofore monopolized by American Telephone and Telegraph Company (ATT). This was permitted to occur as a result of new technologies and of Federal court and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rulings requiring ATT’s Bell operating…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
  2. New York State Council of Retail Merchants, Inc. v. Public Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
  3. Seidner v. Town of Colonie, Board of Zoning AppealsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  4. MATTER OF SEIDNER v. Town of ColonieNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  5. Abrams v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  2. Teleconnect Co. v. Iowa State Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1987
  3. Kessel v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  4. Attorney General v. New Mexico State Corp. CommissionNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Matter of Rates and Charges of US WestNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1995

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