RCA GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS v. WESTERN U. TEL. CO.

No. 80 Civ. 6387 (MEL).

521 F.Supp. 998 (1981)

RCA GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. The WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

September 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for plaintiff; H. Richard Schumacher, Stacy J. Haigney, John C. Koutsos, Andrew L. Deutsch, Francis J. De Rosa, Rodger M. Sanders, New York City, of counsel.

Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D. C., for defendant; Wm. Warfield Ross, Steven K. Yablonski, Mark Schattner, A. Richard Metzger, Jr., Jane Seigler, Ernest Walton, New York City, John D. Appel, Vice President-Gen. Counsel, Upper Saddle River, N. J., Joel Yohalem, Gen. Sol., Milton J. Grossman, Washington, D. C., of counsel.


LASKER, District Judge.

RCA Global Communications, Inc. ("Globcom") sues pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. §§ 206 and 207, to recover compensatory and exemplary damages on account of Western Union's provision of international telecommunications service in violation of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. §§ 203, 222(c)(2) and 222(e). Western Union ("WU") moves to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that it fails to state a claim...

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