MAJOR COURT DECISIONS, 2003.

This article presents a brief informationon various major court decisions in the U.S. in the year 2003. The case named Ruggiero v. FCC is discussed first. The issue revolving around this case was whether the character qualifications in the Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act of 2000, violate the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Denying the petition to review, the court ruled that the Radio Broadcasting Preservation Act does not on its face violate the First Amendment. Another case discussed is named as Ting v. AT& T. The issue in this case was Issue whether Sections 201(b) and 202(a) of the Communications Act preempt the application of state consumer protection and contract laws to contracts established by telecommunications carriers with their residential customers. The court ruled that the Sections 201(b) and 202(a) do not preempt the application of state law because state law is now the congressionally intended method by which to enforce the purposes of those sections.