MCI v. ATT case brief summary
512 U.S. 218; 114 S. Ct. 2223; 129 L. Ed. 2d 182 (1994)
512 U.S. 218; 114 S. Ct. 2223; 129 L. Ed. 2d 182 (1994)
CASE SYNOPSIS: Petitioner, a
telecommunication company, sought review of a decision of the United
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which held that
the Federal Communications Commission's authorization of permissive
detariffing violated § 203(a) of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C.S.
§ 203.
CASE FACTS: Petitioner, a telecommunications company, sought review of a decision of the lower appellate court, which held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had exceeded its authority under § 203 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C.S. § 203, in authorizing permissive detariffing. The other telecommunications companies had protested the practice. Permissive detariffing had allowed petitioner to go without mandatory reporting of its rates.
DISCUSSION
CASE FACTS: Petitioner, a telecommunications company, sought review of a decision of the lower appellate court, which held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had exceeded its authority under § 203 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C.S. § 203, in authorizing permissive detariffing. The other telecommunications companies had protested the practice. Permissive detariffing had allowed petitioner to go without mandatory reporting of its rates.
DISCUSSION
- The court held that § 203 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C.S. § 203, did not allow the FCC to make fundamental changes in their authority.
- Since an agency's interpretation of a statute was not entitled to deference where it went beyond the meaning the statute could bear, the court affirmed the decision of the lower appellate court.
- The court ruled in favor of the other communications companies and disallowed the practice.
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