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TALK AMERICA, PETITIONER v. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T MICHIGAN (2011)

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TALK AMERICA, PETITIONER v. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T MICHIGAN
Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: March 30, 2011
Decided: June 9, 2011
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Antonin Scalia

TALK AMERICA, PETITIONER v. MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY DBA AT&T MICHIGAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 2011. The case was argued before the court on March 30, 2011.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern 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: 564 U.S. 50
  • 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: Clarence Thomas

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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