Supreme Court rules for FCC interpretation of Telecommunications Act
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Thursday ruled [opinion, PDF] unanimously in Talk America Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that a state utility commission may require an incumbent carrier like Bell Telephone to provide connectivity to its network for a small, independent carrier, without hindrance. The Court agreed with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) [official website] interpretation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 [text, PDF], proposed in their amicus…