RT Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission’s Empirical Analysis
201 F.3d 1264 · 2000
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Federal Communications Commission · US West Communications v. MFS Intelenet, Inc. · Cablevision of Boston, Inc. v. Public Improvement Commission of the City of Boston · U.S. West, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If, after notice and an opportunity for public comment, the Commission determines that a State or local government has permitted or imposed any statute, regulation, or legal requirement that violates subsection (a) . . . , the Commission shall preempt the enforcement of such statute, regulation, or legal requirement to the extent necessary to correct such violation or inconsistency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[n]o State or local statute or regulation, or other State or local legal requirement, may prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any entity to provide any interstate or intrastate telecommunications service.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.