Qwest Corporation v. Scott

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that regulated entities may charge only those rates set out in their tariffs and approved by the FCC
• finding no preemption of state regulation where FCC regulations were “notably agnostic” on the question
• “The FCC’s statement ... is susceptible of a broader interpretation if plucked out of context, but we conclude that when the [FCC order] is read as a whole, the [FCC’s] expressed intent to preempt state regulation does not extend to performance measurements and standards.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).