Court says telephone companies must give access
Lawyer Blogs
The Supreme Court says large telephone companies have to provide their competitors discounted access to their network.
The high court on Thursday unanimously ruled for Talk America, Inc. in its battle to make AT&T give it cost-based rates for using its entrance facilities into its network.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled incumbent telephone companies cannot be required to provide access to entrance facilities at a regulated rate for its competitors.
AT&T was trying to charge competitive rates for using its facility to get access to AT&T lines. Talk America argues that AT&T is required under the 1996 Telecommunication Act to provide discounted access to its entrance facilities.
The high court overturned the appeals court ruling.
Related listings
-
Court: No shield law for message boards posters
Lawyer Blogs 06/07/2011The New Jersey Supreme Court says people posting in online message boards don't have the same protections for sources as mainstream journalists.The court ruled Tuesday that New Jersey's shield law for journalists does not apply to such message boards...
-
High court throws out lawsuit against Ashcroft
Lawyer Blogs 05/31/2011The Supreme Court has ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft cannot be sued over his role in the post-9/11 arrest of an American Muslim who was never charged with a crime.By a 5-3 vote Tuesday, the court said Ashcroft did not violate the co...
-
Wis. DOJ asks court to lift ban on union law
Lawyer Blogs 05/28/2011State attorneys asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to immediately vacate a Madison judge's decision striking down Republican Gov. Scott Walker's contentious collective bargaining law. Judge Maryann Sumi invalidated the law on Thursday after ...
Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.