852 F. Supp. 659 - MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Ameri-Tel, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently December 2013
1 federal appellate · 4 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.
Relationships
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 151 · 47 U.S.C. § 203
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital · United States v. Western Pacific Railroad · Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“The Court also concludes that there is no need for us to delve deep into the world of information indicators, automatic number identifiers, operator line screening, billed number screening, and all the other acronyms Ameri-Tel believes are at the heart of this case. The FCC is better suited than this Court to decide issues turning on the operation of these technical mechanisms. However, as we stated above, Am-eri-Tel has overstated the nature of this case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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