FCC v. AT&T Inc.
Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T Inc., 562 U.S. 397 (2011), was a United States Supreme Court case on aspects of corporate personhood. It held that the exemption from Freedom of Information Act disclosure requirements for law enforcement records which "could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" does not protect information related to corporate privacy.
| Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T Inc. | |
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Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued January 19, 2011 Decided March 1, 2011 | |
| Full case name | Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. AT&T Inc., et al. |
| Docket no. | 09-1279 |
| Citations | 562 U.S. 397 (more) 131 S. Ct. 1177; 179 L. Ed. 2d 132; 2011 U.S. LEXIS 1899; 79 U.S.L.W. 4122; 39 Media L. Rep. 1368; 52 Comm. Reg. (P & F) 689; 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 825 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | FCC orders reviewed by 3rd Cir. and overturned, 582 F.3d 490 (3d Cir. 2009); cert. granted, 561 U.S. 1057 (2010) |
| Holding | |
| Corporations do not have "personal privacy" for the purposes of Freedom of Information Act Exemption 7(C). Third Circuit reversed. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Roberts, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor |
| Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| 5 U.S.C. § 552 | |
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