INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACH. CORP. v. F. C. C.

Nos. 60, 61, 62, Dockets 77-4005, 77-4020 and 77-4059.

570 F.2d 452 (1978)

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, American Telephone and Telegraph Company et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Roger Wollenberg, Washington, D. C. (Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., David R. Anderson, Roger M. Witten, John H. Harwood II, Erica A. Ward, Washington, D. C., Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, Thomas D. Barr, Robert F. Mullen, Ronald S. Rolfe, New York City, J. Gordon Walter, Armonk, N. Y., of counsel), for petitioner International Business Machines Corp.

Terry G. Mahn, Arlington, Va., for petitioner Computer & Communications Industry Association.

Joseph M. Kittner, Washington, D. C. (McKenna, Wilkinson & Kittner, Washington, D. C.; Edward P. Taptich, Virginia S. Carson; Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., John S. Voorhees, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for petitioner Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association.

Jack David Smith, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D. C. (Werner K. Hartenberger, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John H. Shenefield, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Barry M. Grossman, Peter L. Delacruz, Attys., Washington, D. C., of counsel), for respondents and Federal Communications Commission and United States of America.

Thomas J. O'Reilly, Washington, D. C. (Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for intervenor United States Independent Telephone Association.

Michael Boudin, Washington, D. C. (Timothy A. Harr, Washington, D. C., Alfred A. Green, New York City, George Finkelstein, Newark, N. J., Edgar Mayfield, Bedminster, N. J.; F. Mark Garlinghouse, New York City, of counsel), for intervenor American Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Before FEINBERG and MESKILL, Circuit Judges, and BRYAN, District Judge.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners, International Business Machines Corporation and two trade associations representing companies in the computer and communications industry,1 seek review of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that permitted the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) to market a new service designated Dataspeed 40/4. The challenged administrative action grew out of the filing by AT&T of so...

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