NORTHWESTERN INDIANA TELEPHONE CO., INC. v. F.C.C.

No. 85-1542.

824 F.2d 1205 (1987)

NORTHWESTERN INDIANA TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC., et al., Appellants, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell D. Lukas, with whom David L. Nace and Theresa Fenelon, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellants. Pamela L. Gist, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Nancy E. Stanley, Counsel, F.C.C., with whom Jack D. Smith, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel and C. Grey Pash, Jr., Counsel, F.C.C., Catherine G. O'Sullivan and Marion L. Jetton, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee. Gerald E. Goldstein, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BORK and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges, and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a dispute between the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC"), a telephone company in Indiana owned by an individual named Robert Mussman, and a cable television company owned and managed by Robert Mussman's son Rhys. Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company ("NITCO"), and Northwest Indiana CATV, Inc. ("Northwest"), the cable company, petition this court to...

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