Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.

Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 30, 2011 Decided June 9, 2011
Full case name	Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. DBA AT&T Michigan
Docket nos.	10-313 10-329
Citations	564 U.S. 50 ( more ) 131 S. Ct. 2254; 180 L. Ed. 2d 96
Argument	Oral argument
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	Michigan Public Service Commission decision reversed sub nom. Mich. Bell Tel. Co. v. Lark, 2007 WL 2868633 (E.D. Mich. 2007); affirmed sub nom. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Covad Communications Co., 597 F.3d 370 (6th Cir. 2010); cert. granted, 562 U.S. 1104(2010).
Holding
The Federal Communications Commission had advanced a reasonable interpretation of its regulations in a dispute with AT&T.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia  · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas  · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer  · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor  · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Thomas, joined by unanimous
Concurrence	Scalia
Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co., 564 U.S. 50 (2011), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had advanced a reasonable interpretation of its regulations in a dispute with AT&T. ^[1] The case was consolidated with Isiogu v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co..

References

1. Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. Syllabus p. 2 "Held: The FCC has advanced a reasonable interpretation of its regulations—i.e., that to satisfy its duty under §251(c)(2), an incumbent LEC must make its existing entrance facilities available to competitors at cost-based rates if the facilities are to be used for interconnection—and this Court defers to the FCC's views."

External links

• Text of Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co., 564 U.S. 50(2011) is available from: Google Scholar Justia Oyez (oral argument audio) Supreme Court (slip opinion) (archived)