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

Nos. 48, 61, Dockets 77-4028, 78-4047.

595 F.2d 897 (1979)

ITT WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and RCA Global Communications, Inc., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES of America, Respondents, and Graphnet Systems, Inc., Telenet Communications Corporation, TRT Telecommunications Corporation, and Western Union International, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant S. Lewis, New York City (LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, New York City, John S. Kinzey, Jr., Howard A. White, and John A. Ligon, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner, ITT World Communications, Inc.

H. Richard Schumacher, New York City (Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City, John A. Shutkin, Sandra S. Baron, Francis J. DeRosa and Charles M. Lehrhaupt, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner, RCA Global Communications, Inc.

Gregory M. Christopher, Washington, D.C. (F.C.C., Washington, D.C., Robert R. Bruce, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel and John H. Shenefield, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert B. Nicholson, Daniel J. Conway, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for respondents, Federal Communications Commission and United States of America.

E. Edward Bruce, Washington, D.C. (Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. and Roderick A. Mette, Vice President and Counsel, TRT Telecommunications Corp., Washington, D.C., of counsel), for intervenor, TRT Telecommunications Corporation.

Donald E. Ward, Washington, D.C. (Philip M. Walker, Vice President and Gen. Counsel, Telenet Communications Corp., Vienna, Va., of counsel), for intervenor, Telenet Communications Corporation.

Before MOORE, FRIENDLY and GURFEIN, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

ITT World Communications, Inc. (ITT) and RCA Global Communications, Inc. (RCA), both international record carriers1 (IRC's), joined by intervenor TRT Telecommunications Corp., also an IRC, ask us to review an order of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission), released January 11, 1977, 63 F.C.C.2d 402 (1977), insofar as it granted applications of intervenors Graphnet Systems, Inc. (Graphnet...

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