ITT WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. F. C. C.

Nos. 195, 1008, 1009, Dockets 76-4049, 76-4061, 76-4074.

555 F.2d 1125 (1977)

ITT WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC., RCA Global Communications, Inc., and Western Union International Inc., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. American Telephone and Telegraph Co., Xerox Corp., Hawaiian Telephone Co., and American Petroleum Institute, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Sifton, New York City (John S. Kinzey, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Howard A. White, John A. Ligon, ITT World Communications, Inc., New York City, of counsel), for petitioner ITT World Communications Inc.

H. Richard Schumacher, New York City (Frank W. Krogh, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, Francis J. DeRosa, Charles M. Lehrhaupt, RCA Global Communications, Inc., New York City, of counsel), for petitioner RCA Global Communications, Inc.

Alvin K. Hellerstein, New York City (Henry J. Silberberg, Shira A. Scheindlin, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Robert E. Conn, Robert Michelson, Western Union International, Inc., New York City, of counsel), for petitioner Western Union International, Inc.

John E. Ingle, Washington, D. C. (Werner K. Hartenberger, Gen. Counsel, and Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, FCC, Donald I. Baker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert B. Nicholson and Joen Grant, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for respondent FCC.

Alfred G. Walton, New York City (Randall B. Lowe, Edgar Mayfield, New York City, of counsel), for intervenor AT&T.

Thomas J. O'Reilly, Washington, D. C. (Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for intervenor Hawaiian Telephone Co.

Charles M. Meehan, Washington, D. C. (Joseph E. Keller, Wayne V. Black, Larry S. Solomon, Keller & Heckman, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for intervenor American Petroleum Institute.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, OAKES, Circuit Judge, and BRYAN, District Judge.


OAKES, Circuit Judge:

A petition to review an order of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been filed, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2344, by each of the three major international record communications1 common carriers (IRCs), ITT World Communications Inc., RCA Global Communications, Inc., and Western Union International, Inc. As a matter of policy to govern future applications for...

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