HAWAIIAN TELEPHONE COMPANY v. F. C. C.

No. 73-1018.

498 F.2d 771 (1974)

HAWAIIAN TELEPHONE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and The UNITED STATES of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. O'Reilly, for petitioner.

Gregory M. Christopher, Counsel, F. C. C., with whom John W. Pettit, Gen. Counsel, Joseph A. Marino, Associate Gen. Counsel, F. C. C., and Howard E. Shapiro, Atty. Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for respondents.

Alan Y. Naftalin, Washington, D. C., for intervenor.

Before ROBINSON, MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

Hawaiian Telephone Company [HTC] seeks review of an order of the Federal Communications Commission granting authority to RCA Global Communications, Inc. [RCA] to provide private-line voice-only telephone service between the United States Mainland and Hawaii. We find that the FCC did not comply with its statutory mandate, and therefore remand to the FCC for further action in conformity with our opinion.

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