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AMERICAN TEL. & TEL. CO. v. GRADY

Nos. 78-2316, 78-2317.

594 F.2d 594 (1978)

AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Petitioners, v. Honorable John F. GRADY, Judge of the UNITED STATES District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Respondent. MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1978.

Opinion March 1, 1979.

Certiorari Denied March 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Saunders, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners.

Robert B. Nicholson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Chester T. Kamin, Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In the instant appeal and conditional petition for writ of mandamus appellant-petitioner challenges the propriety of an order of the district court granting the motion of the United States of America to modify a protective order which governed the use of discovered materials in MCI Communications Corp. v. ATT, 462 F.Supp. 1072. We hereby affirm the trial court's order.

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