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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities |
| Title: | VERIZON MARYLAND INC. v. PUB. UTIL. COMM'N OF MARYLAND |
| Date: | 05/20/02 |
| Case Number: | 00-1531 |
| Summary: | Jurisdiction is found under 28 U.S.C. section 1331, for a local-exchange carrier's claim that a state public utility commission's order, requiring reciprocal compensation for ISP-bound calls, is pre-empted by federal law; suit against commissioners in their individual capacities is not barred by Ex Parte Young, 209 U.S. 123, where no past liability of the state or its commissioners is at issue. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Communications Law, Public Utilities |
| Title: | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N |
| Date: | 05/13/02 |
| Case Number: | 00-511 |
| Summary: | The FCC can require state utility commissions to set rates charged by incumbent telephone service carriers for leased elements on a forward-looking basis, untied to the incumbents' actual investment. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Communications Law, Cyberspace Law |
| Title: | NAT'L CABLE & TELECOMM. ASS'N, INC. v. GULF POWER CO. |
| Date: | 01/16/02 |
| Case Number: | 00-832 |
| Summary: | 47 USC 224(b) of the Pole Attachments Act, which requires the Federal Communications Commission to set reasonable rates for attachments to telephone and electric poles, also applies to attachments that provide high-speed Internet access at the same time as cable television. |