1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21723Updated August 1, 2005Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Trinko:Telecommunications Consumers Cannot UseAntitrust Laws to Remedy Access Violationsof Telecommunications Act name reda
2、ctedLegislative AttorneyAmerican Law DivisionSummaryIn Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko (540 U.S. 3982004), the Supreme Court denied the antitrust claim advanced by a consumer oftelecommunications services against a local exchange carrier that had previously beensubjec
3、t to regulatory discipline by both the Federal Communications Commission andthe New York Public Service Commission. According to the Court, the fact thatVerizon had been found to have breached its duty under the Telecommunications Actof 1996 to adequately share its network with telecommunications co
4、mpanies including AT&T, which provided service to Trinko wishing to provide competitivelocal exchange services did not provide sufficient basis for finding a violation of theantitrust laws.Although Congress included “an antitrust-specific savings clause” to emphasizethat neither the act nor any amen
