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WESTERN UNION INTERN., INC. v. F. C. C.

No. 6, Docket 75-4132.

544 F.2d 87 (1976)

WESTERN UNION INTERNATIONAL, INC., Petitioner, v. The FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, The Western Union Telegraph Company et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin K. Hellerstein, New York City (Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Henry J. Silberberg, Alan Kolod, Robert E. Conn, and Roger P. Newell, New York City, on the brief), for petitioner.

Joseph A. Marino, Washington, D. C. (Ashton R. Hardy, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, and Lawrence S. Schaffner, Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., Thomas E. Kaufer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Carl D. Lawson, and Lee I. Weintraub, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondents.

Charles P. Sifton, New York City (LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, John S. Kinzey, Howard A. White, and John A. Ligon, New York City, on the brief), for intervenor ITT World Communications, Inc.

Rosel H. Hyde, Herbert E. Marks, Michael B. Green, Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker, Washington, D. C., on the brief for intervenor State of Hawaii.

Milton Black, New York City (Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander, New York City, Donald J. Zoeller, Joseph H. Stallings, Jack Werner, New York City, and Joel Yohalem, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for intervenor The Western Union Telegraph Co.

Before ANDERSON, MANSFIELD and MULLIGAN, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT P. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This is a petition for review of a memorandum opinion and order of The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the matter of The Western Union Telegraph Co., 55 F.C.C.2d 668 (1975). The FCC decided that Western Union Telegraph Co. (WU) might apply for authority, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 214 (1970), to lease and operate facilities between the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia, and the State of...

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