UNITED STATES of America
v.
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., et al., Bell Atlantic Corporation, Appellant.
UNITED STATES of America
v.
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., et al., Pacific Telesis Group, Appellant.
UNITED STATES of America
v.
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., et al., US West, Inc., Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 16, 1986.
Decided August 15, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert B. McKenna, Jr., with whom L. Andrew Tollin and Kenneth D. Patrich, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant US West, Inc. Robert W. Barker, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant US West, Inc.
Robert A. Levetown, with whom John M. Kelleher, John M. Goodman, Jane C. Luxton, and Michael J. Shortley, III, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant Bell Atlantic Corp.
Stanley J. Moore and Robert V.R. Dalenberg, San Francisco, Cal., were on brief, for appellant Pacific Telesis Group.
Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Robert B. Nicholson, Kevin R. Sullivan, John P. Fonte, and Donald S. Clark, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee U.S.
Howard J. Trienens and David W. Carpenter, Chicago, Ill., were on brief, for intervenor/appellee AT & T. Jonathan S. Hoak, Chicago, Ill., also entered an appearance for intervenor/appellee AT & T.
Chester T. Kamin and Michael H. Salsbury, Chicago, Ill., were on brief, for intervenor MCI Communications Corp.
Richard E. Wiley and R. Michael Senkowski, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for amicus curiae Radio Common Carrier Div. of Telocator Network of America, urging affirmance.
Edgar Mayfield, Bedminster, N.J., Mary Whitten Marks, and Liam S. Coonan, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for amicus curiae Southwestern Bell Corp., urging reversal.
Richard Metzger, Chicago, Ill., was on brief, for amicus curiae American Information Technologies Corp., urging reversal.
Norman C. Frost and R. Frost Branon, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., were on brief, for amicus curiae BellSouth Corp., urging reversal.
John B. Messenger and Gerald E. Murray, New York City, were on brief, for amicus curiae NYNEX Corp., urging reversal.
Genevieve Morelli, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellee Nat. Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Com'rs.
Before MIKVA, SCALIA and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a number of questions arising from the 1982 antitrust consent decree under which American Telephone and Telegraph Company ("AT & T") was divested of the Bell operating companies ("BOCs") — the twenty-two AT & T subsidiaries engaged in the business of providing local telephone service. The consent decree provided for the creation of seven regional...
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