Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2007-04-17

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Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court. The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) has established rules that require long-distance (and certain other) communications carriers to compensate a payphone operator when a caller uses a payphone to obtain free access to the carrier’s lines (by dialing, e. g., a 1-800 number or other access code). The Commission has added that a carrie…

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