Joseph Evanns v. At&t Corporation McI Corporation Pacific Bell Inc McI Telecommunications Corporation McI McI Communications Corporation McI’s Empirical Analysis
229 F.3d 837 · 2000
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 8 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United Gas Pipe Line Company v. Mobile Gas Service Corporation · Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Hall · Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co. · Louisville Nashville Railroad Company v. G a Maxwell · American Telephone and Telegraph Company, v. Central Office Telephone, Inc.
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Not only is a carrier forbidden from charging rates other than as set out in its filed tariff, but customers are also charged with notice of the terms and rates set out in that filed tariff and may not bring an action against a carrier that would invalidate, alter or add to the terms of the filed tariff.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[O]nce a carrier's tariff is approved by the FCC, the terms of the federal tariff are considered to be the law and to therefore conclusively and exclusively enumerate the rights and liabilities as between the carrier and the customer. Not only is a carrier forbidden from charging rates other than as set out in its filed tariff, but customers are also charged with notice of the terms and rates set out in that filed tariff and may not bring an action against a carrier that would invalidate, alter or add to the terms of the filed tariff.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“bars all claims--state and federal--that attempt to challenge the terms of a tariff that a federal agency has reviewed and filed.”
3 later decisions 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.