Law Offices of Curtis v. Trinko, L.L.P., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Bell Atlantic Corporation

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• noting that once an interconnectivity agreement is formed and approved by government regulators, “the [C]ommunica-tions Act intends that the [local exchange carrier] be governed directly by the specific agreement rather than the general duties described in ... section 251.”
• discussing AT & T's fight to become a CLEC in Verizon's territory
• \The savings clause unambiguously establishes that there is no `plain repugnancy' between the Telecommunications Act and the antitrust statutes\
• “The savings clause unambiguously establishes that there is no ‘plain repugnancy’ between the Telecommunications Act and the antitrust statutes [and thus ] that the Telecommunications Act does not provide an ‘implicit immunity’ from the antitrust laws.”
• permitting antitrust claims to proceed by applying general antitrust principles
• permitting antitrust claims to proceed by applying general antitrust principles

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