AMERICAN TEL. & TEL. CO. v. F. C. C.

Nos. 1349 to 1354 Dockets 77-4057, 77-4067, 77-4068 and 77-4073 to 77-4075.

572 F.2d 17 (1978)

AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondents. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondents. SECURITIES INDUSTRY AUTOMATION CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondents. UNITED SYSTEM SERVICE, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondents. TELENET COMMUNICATIONS CORP., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondents. AERONAUTICAL RADIO, INC. and Air Transport Association of America, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondents, MCI Telecommunications Corp., et al., Utilities Telecommunications Council, Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers Assn., Aeronautical Radio, Inc. and Air Transport Assn. of America, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Securities Industry Automation Corp., American Trucking Assn., Inc., Telenet Communications Corp., Western Union International Inc., RCA Global Communications Inc., United System Service, Inc., Remote Processing Services Section (RPSS) of the Ass'n of Data Processing, Service Organizations, Inc., Southern Pacific Communications Co., ITT World Communications, Inc., American Petroleum Institute, American Newspaper Publishers Assoc., et al., International Business Machines Corp., MCI Telecommunications Corporation and Microwave Communication, Inc., Graphic Systems, Inc., Graphic Scanning Corp., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Lister, Washington, D. C. (Paul J. Berman, Washington, D. C., Alfred A. Green, J. Robert Fitzgerald, F. Mark Garlinghouse, New York City, Edgar Mayfield, Bedminster, N. J., of counsel), for petitioner A. T & T. Co.

J. Roger Wollenberg, Washington, D. C. (David R. Anderson, William T. Lake, Roger M. Witten, Erica A. Ward, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., Thomas D. Barr, Robert F. Mullen, Ronald S. Rolfe, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, J. Gordon Walter, IBM, Armonk, N. Y., of counsel), for petitioner-intervenor, IBM Corp.

Warren E. Baker, Kansas City, Mo. (Lawrence Kill, Anderson, Russell Kill & Olick, New York City, John M. Lothschuetz, Carolyn C. Hill, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for petitioner United System Service, Inc.

Donald E. Ward, Washington, D. C. (Philip M. Walker, Gen. Counsel, Telenet Communications Corp., Washington, D. C., of counsel), for petitioner Telenet Communications Corp.

Charles R. Cutler, Washington, D. C. (John L. Bartlett, Kirkland, Ellis & Rowe, Washington, D. C., James E. Landry, Gen. Counsel, Air Transport Ass'n of America, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for petitioners-intervenors Aeronautical Radio, Inc. and Air Transport Ass'n of America.

John E. Ingle, Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C. (Werner K. Hartenberger, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, F. C. C., Washington, D. C., John H. Shenefield, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert B. Nicholson, Joen Grant, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for respondents.

William J. Byrnes, Washington, D. C. (Michael H. Bader, Kenneth A. Cox, Raymond C. Fay, Haley, Bader & Potts, Washington, D. C., John R. Worthington, MCI Telecommunications Corp., Washington, D. C., of counsel), for intervenors MCI Telecommunications Corp. and Microwave Communications, Inc.

Philips B. Patton, Washington, D. C. (Jeremiah Courtney, Arthur Blooston, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for intervenor American Trucking Associations, Inc.

Howard G. Kristol, Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt, Maynard & Kristol, New York City (Thormund A. Miller, Richard S. Kopf, James M. Tobin, San Francisco, Cal., Herbert E. Forrest, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for intervenor Southern Pacific Communications Co.

Mahlon M. Frankhauser, Michael Yourshaw, Thomas W. Queen, Kirkland, Ellis & Rowe, Washington, D. C., for intervenor Securities Industry Automation Corp.

Joseph M. Kittner, Edward P. Taptich, Norman P. Leventhal, McKenna, Wilkinson & Kittner, Washington, D. C., John S. Voorhees, Howrey, Simon, Baker & Murchison, Washington, D. C., for intervenor Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Ass'n.

Joseph E. Keller, Wayne V. Black, Larry S. Solomon, Christine A. Meagher, Keller & Heckman, Washington, D. C., for intervenor American Petroleum Institute.

Charles M. Meehan, Keller & Heckman, Washington, D. C., for intervenor Utilities Telecommunications Council.

Before MESKILL, Circuit Judge, and STEWART and WARD, District Judges.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

The type of interstate telephone service most people are familiar with—the type used in most homes and offices—is public telecommunications service. This includes normal long distance service.1 Charges for this type of service are generally based on use, i. e., a "toll" is charged for each call.

In contrast, the type of telephone service involved...

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