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2002 Court Opinions

Southern Company Services, Inc. v. FCC, 313 F.3d 574 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1326, December 20, 2002]
Petition for review denied: Word | Acrobat

Alabama Power Co. v. FCC, 311 F.3d 1357 (11th Cir. 2002)
[No. 00-14763, November 14, 2002]

The Office of Communication, Inc. of the United Church of Christ, et al. v. FCC, 51 Fed.Appx. 21 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1374, November 8, 2002]

Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., et al. v. FCC, 309 F.3d 796 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1149, November 8, 2002]
The petition for review was granted, and the Commission's order was reversed and vacated: Word | Acrobat

Competitive Telecommunications Ass'n v. FCC, 309 F.3d 8 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 00-1272, October 25, 2002]
Petition for review denied: Word | Acrobat

WorldCom, Inc. v. FCC, 308 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1198, October 22, 2002]
remanded: Word | Acrobat

Missouri Municipal League, et al. v. FCC, 299 F.3d 949 (8th Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1379, August 14, 2002]

United States Telecom Ass'n v. FCC, 295 F.3d 1326 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1085, July 16, 2002]
Petition for review denied: Word | Acrobat

New World Radio, Inc. v. FCC, 294 F.3d 164 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1110, July 2, 2002]
Appeal dismissed: Word | Acrobat

Costa de Oro Television, Inc. v. FCC, 294 F.3d 123 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1153, June 28, 2002]
Petition for review denied: Word | Acrobat

Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. FCC, 293 F.3d 537 (D.C. Cir. 2002),
[No. 00-1222, June 21, 2002]
Amended opinion: Word | Acrobat

Verizon Telephone Companies, et al. v. FCC, 292 F.3d 903 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1371, June 18, 2002]
Petitions for review denied: Word | Acrobat

AT&T v. FCC, 292 F.3d 808 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1467, June 14, 2002]
Petition for review granted and the declaratory ruling vacated: Word | Acrobat

Southern Company v. FCC, 293 F.3d 1338 (11th Cir. 2002)
[No. 99-15160, June 13, 2002]

EchoStar Communications Corporation v. FCC, 292 F.3d 749 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1032, June 11, 2002]
Petition for review denied: Word | Acrobat

Global NAPS, Inc. v. FCC, 291 F.3d 832 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1192, June 4, 2002]
Petition for review denied: Word | Acrobat

United States Telecom Association, et al., v. FCC, 290 F.3d 415 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 00-1012, May 24, 2002]
Petitions for review granted and remanded: Word | Acrobat

ACS of Anchorage, Inc. v. FCC, 290 F.3d 403 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1059, May, 21, 2002]
Petition for review denied in part, granted in part, and remanded: Word

Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC, 535 U.S. 467, 122 S.Ct. 1646, 152 L.Ed.2d 701 (2002)
[No. 00-511, May 13, 2002]

WorldCom, Inc. v. FCC, 288 F.3d 429 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-1218, May 3, 2002]
Remanded for further proceedings: Word | Acrobat

United States v. Peninsula Communications, Inc., 287 F.3d 832 (9th Cir. 2002)
[No. 01-35965, April 22, 2002]

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. v. FCC, 284 F.3d 148 (2002)
[No. 01-1079, April 2, 2002]
Judge Sentelle dissented: Word | Acrobat

Comsat Corp. v. FCC, 283 F.3d 344 (2002)
[No. 00-1458, March 22, 2002]
Petition for review denied: Word | Acrobat

Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. FCC, 280 F.3d 1027 (D.C. Cir. 2002)
[No. 00-1222, February 19, 2002]
Reversed and remanded with respect to television rule; cable rule vacated: Word | Acrobat
[June 21, 2002]
Petition for Rehearing granted in part, denied intervenors' petition, and amended opinion. Word | Acrobat

Greg Ruggiero v. FCC, 278 F.3d 1323 (2002)
[No. 00-1100, February 8, 2002]
[vacated and petition for rehearing en banc granted, May 2, 2002]
Petition for review granted and Second Report and Order vacated: Word | Acrobat

Grid Radio v. FCC, 278 F.3d 1314 (2002)
[No. 99-1463, February 8, 2002]
Affirmed: Word | Acrobat

National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Inc. v. Gulf Power Co., 534 U.S. 327, 151 L.Ed.2d 794, 122 S.Ct. 782 (2002)
[No. 00-832, January 16, 2002]

High Plains Wireless v. FCC, 276 F.3d 599 (2002)
[No. 00-1292, January 11, 2002]
Affirmed: Word | Acrobat



[This page is an informal list of recent court opinions involving the FCC or significant telecommunications issues. It is not intended to constitute formal legal citation. Opinions listed on this page may have been affected by subsequent actions by the court involved or by other courts.]


last reviewed/updated on 1/23/03 


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