Iowa Utilities Board v. Federal Communications Commission

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 1997-07-18

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HANSEN, Circuit Judge. When Alexander Graham Bell, after spilling sulfuric acid on himself, first transmitted the words, “Mr. Watson, come here; I want you,” across a rudimentary phone line in 1876, 1 he could not have possibly imagined that his invention would explode into the current technologically-advanced, multi-bil-lion dollar telecommunications industry. Nor could he have foreseen the amount…

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