| Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications, Inc. | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued December 8, 2008 Decided February 25, 2009 |
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| Full case name | Pacific Bell Telephone Co., dba AT&T California, et al. v. linkLine Communications, Inc., et al. | |||||
| Docket nos. | 07-512 | |||||
| Citations | 555U.S._(2009) | |||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | Roberts, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito | |||||
| Concurrence | Breyer, joined by Stevens, Souter, and Ginsburg | |||||
Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications, Inc., (Docket No. 07-512) was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court in 2009. The court decided unanimously that Pacific Bell d/b/a AT&T did not violate the Sherman Antitrust Act when it charged other Internet providers a high fee to buy space on its phone lines to deliver an Internet connection. The court ruled that where there is no duty to deal at the wholesale level and no predatory pricing at the retail level, a firm is not required to price both of these services in a manner that preserves its rivals’ profit margins.