GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. METROPHONES TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. (2007)

GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. METROPHONES TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
	Term: 2006
Important Dates
	Argued: October 10, 2006
	Decided: April 17, 2007
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. METROPHONES TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 2007. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 2006.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of public utilities regulation: telephone or telegraph company
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 550 U.S. 45
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.