Case Status

2 results

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS v. LAW OFFICES OF CURTIS TRINKO (37225)

    Order dated: 03/10/03
    Docket number: 02-682
    Action:
        The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following Question: "Did the Court of Appeals err in reversing the District Court's dismissal of respondent's antitrust claims?"

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS v. LAW OFFICES OF CURTIS TRINKO (37225)

    Order dated: 08/25/03
    Docket number: 02-682
    Action:
        The motions of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument are granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

1. Whether allegations of inadequacies in a monopolist's affirmative assistance to its rivals, including resellers—as newly provided by incumbent local telephone companies under the Telecommunications Act of 1996—state a claim for unlawful unilateral predatory conduct under Section 2 of the Sherman Act 2. Whether antitrust and Communications Act standing extends to indirect purchasers, I.e., the customers of the defendant's customer, asserting injuries wholly derivative of the direct customer's injury, even when invoking only the direct customer's legal rights.

An opinion has been handed down: