GENERAL TELEPHONE CO. OF SOUTHWEST v. UNITED STATES

No. 29246.

449 F.2d 846 (1971)

GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF the SOUTHWEST et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES of America and Federal Communications Commission, Respondents, National Cable Television Association, Inc., et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Malone, Washington, D. C., William R. Brown, Houston, Tex., Irwin Schneiderman, Raymond L. Falls, Jr., New York City, for Continental Telephone System.

Ward W. Wueste, Jr., Hubert M. Preston, San Angelo, Tex., Theodore F. Brophy, New York City, for General Telephone System.

M. Truman Woodward, Jr., New Orleans, La., Thomas J. O'Reilly, Washington, D. C., for U. S. Telephone Assn.

Gary L. Christensen, Charles S. Walsh, Washington, D. C., for National Cable Television Assn., Inc.

William I. Aitken, Bert L. Overcash, Richard W. Smith, Gilbert G. Lundstrom, Lincoln, Neb., for T-V Transmission, Inc. and Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Arthur Stambler, Washington, D. C., Harold Farrow, Oakland, Cal., for Cal. Community Television Assn.

Michael L. Tomaino, Rochester, N. Y., for Rochester Telephone Corp.

James L. White, Denver, Colo., for United Telephone Co. of Kan., Inc.

Hayward D. Fisk, Merriam, Kan., Harry B. Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for United Telephone System Companies.

Lloyd D. Young, Washington, D. C., for United Utilities, Inc. and United Telephone System.

John N. Mitchell, U. S. Atty. Gen., Erwin N. Griswold, Sol. Gen., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Harry Geller, Gen. Counsel, John H. Conlin, Associate Gen. Counsel, Stuart F. Feldstein, Atty., F.C.C., Howard E. Shapiro, Chief, Appellate Section, Seymour H. Dussman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondents.

Before TUTTLE, THORNBERRY and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This case involves consolidated petitions to review certain orders of the Federal Communications Commission. The disputed rules prohibit telephone companies (hereafter carriers) from furnishing CATV service in their telephone service areas, either directly or through affiliates, and disallows construction by them of cable facilities for independent CATV operators unless the carrier first offers to such operators the option of placing their own...

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