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Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Trinko: Telecommunications Consumers Cannot Use Antitrust Laws to Remedy Access Violations of Telecommunications Act
Janice E. Rubin
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Abstract
In Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko (540 U.S. 398 2004), the Supreme Court denied the antitrust claim advanced by a consumer of telecommunications services against a local exchange carrier that had previously been subject to regulatory discipline by both the Federal Communications Commission and the New York Public Service Commission. According to the Court, the fact that Verizon had been found to have breached its duty under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to adequately share its network with telecommunications companies — including AT&T, which provided service to Trinko — wishing to provide competitive local exchange services did not provide sufficient basis for finding a violation of the antitrust laws.