http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-scotus-phone-service,0,5700997.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlinesCourt Rules on Phone Service Providers
By Associated Press
March 24, 2004, 10:52 AM EST
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Wednesday that states may block cities and other local governments from setting up shop as phone service providers.
The court ruled 8-1 that while Congress intended to broaden competition in the telecommunications field, it did not mean to set up messy confrontations among states, private phone companies and local governments.
Justices had been asked to interpret the 1996 telecommunications law designed to bring consumers nationwide choices in phone service.
The law says that states may not prohibit "any entity" from getting into the phone business. That does not include political subdivisions of states, said Justice David H. Souter, writing for the court.
Some are indeed more equal than others...
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