ITT WORLD COMMUNICATIONS v. WESTERN U. TELEGRAPH

Nos. 80 Civ. 5745(MEL), 80 Civ. 6387(MEL).

598 F.Supp. 1435 (1984)

ITT WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. The WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant. RCA GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. The WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant.

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

December 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C., Lane & Mittendorf, New York City, for defendant; Mark Schattner, Washington, D.C., Alan R. Wentzel, New York City, Joel Yohalem, Deputy Gen. Counsel, H. Richard Juhnke, Sol. Gen., Western Union Telegraph Co., Washington, D.C., of counsel.

LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, New York City, and Peter M. Andersen, Richard J. Heitmann, Secaucus, N.J., for plaintiff ITT World Communications, Inc.; Grant S. Lewis, John S. Kinzey, Charles C. Platt, New York City, of counsel.

Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, and Francis J. DeRosa, Charles M. Lehrhaupt, Jeffrey Frackman, New York City, for plaintiff RCA Global Communications, Inc.; H. Richard Schumacher, Howard G. Sloane, Kathy M. Silberthau, New York City, of counsel.


LASKER, District Judge.

In earlier determinations, plaintiffs'1 motions for partial summary judgment were granted on the issue of defendant Western Union Telegraph Co.'s ("WU") liability to them for violating the Communications Act of 1934. 47 U.S.C. §§ 201-22 (1976).2 Plaintiffs now move for summary judgment awarding ITT and RCA respectively: (1) approximately $1.2 million and $1 million in actual...

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