Cite as: 540 U. S. 398 (2004)
Opinion of the Court
Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56, imposes certain duties upon incumbent local telephone companies in order to facilitate market entry by competitors, and establishes a complex regime for monitoring and enforcement. In this case we consider whether a complaint alleging breach of the incumbent's duty under the 1996 Act to share its network with competitors states a claim under § 2 of the Sherman Act, 26 Stat. 209.
States Telecom Association by William T. Lake, James F. Rill, James W. Olson, and Michael T. McMenamin; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Steven G. Bradbury, Daniel J. Popeo, and David A. Price.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of New York et al. by Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of New York, Caitlin J. Halligan, Solicitor General, Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy Solicitor General, Daniel J. Chepaitis, Assistant Solicitor General, and Jay L. Himes, Susanna M. Zwerling, Richard L. Schwartz, and Keith H. Gordon, Assistant Attorneys General, by Robert J. Spagnoletti, Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Terry Goddard of Arizona, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Mike Hatch of Minnesota, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Anabelle Rodríguez of Puerto Rico, William Sorrell of Vermont, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager of Wisconsin; for Allegiance Telecom, Inc., et al. by Richard M. Rindler, Eric J. Branfman, Rebecca P. Dick, Christopher A. Holt, and Richard Metzger; for the American Antitrust Institute by Jonathan L. Rubin and Albert A. Foer; for AT&T Corp. et al. by David W. Carpenter and Stephen T. Perkins; for the Consumers Union et al. by Michael D. McNeely and Patrick J. O'Connor; for Covad Communications Co., Inc., by Alfred C. Pfeiffer, Jr.; for Economics Professors by Carter G. Phillips and C. Frederick Beckner III; for Law Professors by Steven Semeraro; for the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates by Gerald A. Norlander and Robert S. Tongren; and for Z-Tel Technologies, Inc., by Christopher J. Wright.
Robert H. Bork filed a brief for the Project to Promote Competition and Innovation in the Digital Age as amicus curiae.
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