Posted Tue, November 23rd, 2010 1:07 pm
Petition of the day
The first petition of the day is:
The Clearing House Ass’n, L.L.C. v. Bloomberg, L.P.
Docket: 10-543
Issue(s): (1) Whether the identity of a third party who transacts with a federal agency, and the highly confidential terms of such a transaction, constitutes information "obtained from" that party for purposes of Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act, which authorizes a federal agency to withhold “[1] trade secrets and commercial or financial information [2] obtained from a person [3] privileged or confidentialâ€; and (2) whether information is "confidential" under FOIA Exemption 4 when its disclosure would impair the effectiveness of federal agency programs.
Certiorari stage documents:
Howe & Russell serves as counsel in the following case, which is listed without regard to its likelihood of being granted:
Gangi v. Verizon New England, Inc.
Note: Goldstein, Howe & Russell represents the petitioner in this case, which is listed without regard to its likelihood of being granted
Docket: 10-544
Issue(s): In 2001, the FCC determined that all calls to the internet are "jurisdictionally interstate" and established rate caps for internet-bound calls. (1) Whether states retain authority to regulate rates for the intrastate portion of telephone calls to (or from) the internet; and (2) whether parties to an interconnection agreement approved by a state commission may seek disputed interconnection charges in court without having first obtained a determination from the state commission.
Certiorari stage documents:
Recommended Citation: Kiran Bhat, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Nov. 23, 2010, 1:07 PM), http://www.scotusblog.com/2010/11/petition-of-the-day-48/
