Hush-A-Phone Corp. v. United States
Hush-A-Phone v. United States, 238 F.2d 266 (D.C. Cir. 1956) was a seminal ruling in United States telecommunications law decided by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Hush-A-Phone Corporation marketed a small, cup-like device which mounted on the speaking party's microphone, reducing the risk of conversations being overheard and increasing sound fidelity for the listening party. AT&T, citing the Communications Act of 1934, which stated in part that the company had the right to make charges and dictate "the classifications, practices, and regulations affecting such charges," claimed the right to "forbid attachment to the telephone of any device 'not furnished by the telephone company. During this era, the phones were leased from the phone company, not owned by the consumer.
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Hush-A-Phone Corp. v. United States
Hush-A-Phone v. United States, 238 F.2d 266 (D.C. Cir. 1956) was a seminal ruling in United States telecommunications law decided by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Hush-A-Phone Corporation marketed a small, cup-like device which mounted on the speaking party's microphone, reducing the risk of conversations being overheard and increasing sound fidelity for the listening party. AT&T, citing the Communications Act of 1934, which stated in part that the company had the right to make charges and dictate "the classifications, practices, and regulations affecting such charges," claimed the right to "forbid attachment to the telephone of any device 'not furnished by the telephone company. During this era, the phones were leased from the phone company, not owned by the consumer.
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Hush-A-Phone v. United States, ...... quality of telephone service.
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Hush-A-Phone Corporation and H ...... phone Association, Intervenors
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Tariffs on Hush-A-Phone device ...... side and proceedings remanded.
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Hush-A-Phone ad, from Telephone History Pages by Mike Sandman
Hush-A-Phone ad, from Voice Si ...... pular Mechanics, February 1941
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Edgerton, Miller
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Chief Judge Henry White Edgert ...... sbury Miller, David L. Bazelon
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Hush-A-Phone v. United States, ...... ny, not owned by the consumer.
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