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· 7/25/2000

Richard Goldwasser, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Ameritech Corporation

Citations

  • 222 F.3d 390
  • 21 Communications Reg. (P&F) 937
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 17851
  • 2000 WL 1022365

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  • holding that the plaintiff could not pursue a damages claim because it “necessarily implicate[d] the rates [the utility] [wa]s charg- ing,” which was barred by the filed rate doctrine
  • explaining the decision “to forgo cash revenues and efficient methods of doing busi- ness for the sole purpose of driving its rival out of the market” is a § 2 violation
  • applying the Filed Rate Doctrine even where reviewing agencies “rarely exercise their muscle and thus give no meaningful review to the rate structure”
  • describing the requirements of a Sherman Act Section 2 claim at the pleading stage
  • explaining the decision “to forgo cash revenues and efficient methods of doing busi- ness for the sole purpose of driving its rival out of the market” is a § 2 violation
  • explaining the decision “to forgo cash revenues and efficient methods of doing busi- ness for the sole purpose of driving its rival out of the market” is a § 2 violation

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Judges: Ripple, Wood, Evans

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