VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., et al. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al. (2002)

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., et al. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al.
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: October 10, 2001
	Decided: May 13, 2002
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Antonin Scalia

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., et al. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 2002. The case was argued before the court on October 10, 2001.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

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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: Federal Communications Commission (including a predecessor, Federal Radio Commission)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 535 U.S. 467
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: David Souter

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.