BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. MCImetro Access Transmission Services, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
317 F.3d 1270 · 2003
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · Franchise Tax Board of the State of California v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern California · Bell v. Hood · Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f a State commission fails to act to carry out its responsibility under this section in any proceeding or other matter under this section, then the Commission shall issue an order preempting the. State commission's jurisdiction of that proceeding or matter within 90 days after being notified (or taking notice) of such failure, and shall assume the responsibility of the State commission under this section with respect to the proceeding or matter and act for the State commission.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“By virtue of that Congressional delegation, an administrative agency need not cite any cases in reaching its interpretation; its interpretation is authoritative because it has been posited by the agency. Of course, the agency’s interpretation cannot be “procedurally defective, arbitrary or capricious in substance, or manifestly contrary to the statute,” [United States v.] Mead Corp., 533 U.S. [218,] 227 [ 121 S.Ct. 2164 , 150 L.Ed.2d 292 (2001)], and legal errors in the agency’s decision might transgress these limits. Within these boundaries, however, an agency is entitled to deference simply because it has acted.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[a]ny interconnection agreement adopted by negotiation or arbitration shall be submitted for approval to the State commission,”
2 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.