Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
76 federal appellate · 18 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 162 later decisions (9 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2025 · most notably Sprint Communications Co. v. APCC Services, Inc. (2008), Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke (2007)
76 federal appellate · 18 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedMetrophones Telecommunications, Inc. v. Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000D · 47 U.S.C. § 201 · 47 U.S.C. § 205 · 47 U.S.C. § 206 · 47 U.S.C. § 207 · 47 U.S.C. § 226 · 47 U.S.C. § 227 · 47 U.S.C. § 276
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Mead Corp. · Permian Basin Area Rate Cases · Alexander v. Sandoval · Lorillard v. Pons
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 162 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any person claiming to be damaged by any common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter may either make complaint to the Commission as hereinafter provided for, or may bring suit for the recovery of the damages for which such common carrier may be liable under the provisions of this chapter, in any district court of the United States of competent jurisdiction; but such person shall not have the right to pursue both such remedies.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In case any common carrier shall do, or cause or permit to be done any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibit ed or declared to be unlawful ... such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained. ...”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(b) All charges, practices, classifications, and regulations for and in connection with such communication service, shall be just and reasonable, and any such charge, practice, classification, or regulation that is unjust or unreasonable is declared to be unlawful: Provided, ... That nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law shall be construed to prevent a common carrier subject to this chapter from entering into or operating under any contract with any common carrier not subject to this chapter, for the exchange of their services, if the Commission is of the opinion' that such contract is not contrary to the public interest: Provided further, That nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law shall prevent a common carrier subject to this chapter from furnishing reports of positions of ships at sea to newspapers of general circulation, either at a nominal charge or without charge, provided the name of such common carrier is displayed along with such ship position reports. The Commission may prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary in the public interest to carry out the provisions of this chapter.”
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.