Common Carriers: Reference

Legislation

• Mann-Elkins Act of 1910

Cases

• Munn v. Illinois, 1876 Sup Ct Rev 313 (presence of monopoly justifies regulation) Wikipedia
• Western Union v Esteve Bros 256 U.S. 566 (1921)
• Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 154 U.S. 1 , 14 Sup. Ct. 1098 (1894) ("classification of rates and the limitations upon the company's liability were declared to be reasonable and valid, in the absence of willful misconduct or gross negligence.")

English Cases

• Harris v. Packwood, 3 Taunt. 264, 128 Eng. Rep. 105 (1810).
• Allnut v. Inglis, 12 East 527, 104 Eng Rep. 206 (1810).
• Bolt v. Stennet, 8 TR 606, 101 Eng Rep 1572 (1800)
• Hyde v. Navigation Co., 5 TR 389, 101 Eng. Rep. 218 (1793)
• Foward v. Pittard [1 TR 27, 33, 99 Eng. Rep. 953, 956-57 (1785)
• Proprietors of Trent Navigation v. Ward, 3 Esp. 127, 131, 170 Eng. Rep. 562, 563 (1785)
• Dale v. Hall, 1 Wils. KB 281, 95 Eng. Rep. 619 (1750)
• Coggs v. Bernard [2 Ld. Raym. 909, 918, 92 Eng. Rep. 107, 112 (1703)
• Bastard v. Bastard, 2 Show. K.B. 81, 89 Eng. Rep. 807 (31 Chas. II, 1679).
• Morse v. Slue, 1 Vent 190, 238, 86 Eng. Rep. 129, 159 (24 and 25 Car. II 1672)

Books

• Barbara Cherry, The Crisis in Telecommunications Carrier Liability (1999 Kluwer)
• Henk Brands, Evan Leo, The Law and Regulation of Telecommunications Carriers (Artech House 1999)
• Daniel Brenner, Law and Regulation of Common Carriers in the Communications Industry (West View Press 1998)

Papers

• James B. Speta, A Common Carrier Approach to Internet Interconnections,  54 FCLJ 225 (DATE);
• Geoff Huston, The Uncommon Carrier, The ISP Column (Jan. 2002);
• David Swarbrick, Common Carrier, law-bytes@swarb.co.uk (n.d.)
• The 'Lectric Law Library's Lexicon On * Common Carrier *
• Rob Frieden, Schizophrenia Among Carriers: How Common and Private Carriers Trade Places, 3 Mich. Telecomm. Tech. L. Rev. 19 (1997).
• Fiona Macmillan and Michael Blakeney, The Copyright Liability of Communications Carriers, Journal of Information, Law and Technology (31 October 1997) WORD
• Eli M. Noam, Beyond Liberalization II: The Impending Doom of Common Carriage, 18 Telecomm. Pol'y 435 (1994).
• Daniel Eldredge, Classifying Cruise Ships as Common Carriers under the Shipping Act, a Jurisdictional Struggle: American Association of Cruse Passenters v. Carnival Cruise Lines, 15 Tul Mar. L.J. 397, 399 (1991).
• Press Release, Public Service Committion Invites Comments on Proposed Rules Codifying Common Carrier Obligations of Telephone Companies, C89C099 (New York October 11 1989)
• In the Matter of Policy and Rules Concerning Rates for Competitive Common Carrier Services and Facilities Authorizations Therefor, 1981 WL 158659, 84 FCC2d 445, NO. FCC 80-742, CC 79-252 Appendix B (Jan 16, 1981).
• William Jones, The Common Carrier Concept as Applied to Telecom: A Historical Perspective (~1980) filled with the FCC as a part of the Competitive Carriers Rulemaking, CC Docket No. 79-252 (1980) and as a part of IBM's reply comments in Computer & Communications Industry Assoc. v. FCC, No. 80-1478 (filed 1982).
  • NB: To save typing time, many footnotes were omitted but can be added upon request.
• Gustavus H. Robinson, The Public Utility Concept in American Law, 41 Harv. L. Rev. 278, 281
  (1928) (collecting cases).
• OW Holmes, Common Carriers and the Common Law, 13 Am L Rev 40 (1879).
  • OW Holmes, The Common Law 180-205 (1881).
• James Kent, Commentaries on American Law, Lecture 40: of Bailment. (1826)
• Hargrave Law Tracts 77-78 (1787). See McCallister, Lord Hale and Business Affected with a Public Internet, 43 Harv. L. Rev. 759 (1930).
• 3 W Blackstone, Commentaries on the Law of England 219 (3d ed. 1770)