U.S. v. WESTERN ELEC. CO.

Civ. A. No. 82-0192.

675 F.Supp. 655 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Grossman, Chief, Nancy C. Garrison, Asst. Chief, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Antitrust Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

John D. Zeglis, Jim G. Kilpatric, Francine J. Berry, Mark C. Rosenblum, Basking Ridge, N.J., Howard J. Trienens, David W. Carpenter, Chicago, Ill., Ben W. Heineman, Jr., Robert D. McLean, Sidley & Austin, Washington, D.C., for AT & T.

Thomas P. Hester, Lawrence E. Strickling, John Thorne, Ameritech, Jeffrey J. Kennedy, Michael S. Walsh, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., Alfred Winchell Whittaker, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., for Ameritech.

John M. Goodman, Michael J. Shortley, III, Robert A. Levetown, Washington, D.C., for Bell Atlantic.

Norman C. Frost, Mark D. Hallenbeck, Atlanta, Ga., Abbott B. Lipsky, Jr., King & Spalding, Washington, D.C., for Bellsouth.

Herbert E. Marks, James L. Casserly, Diane J. Cornell, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Washington, D.C., for Independent Data Communications Mfrs. Ass'n, Inc. (IDCMA).

Albert H. Kramer, Robert F. Aldrich, Wood, Lucksinger & Epstein, Washington, D.C., for North American Telecommunications Ass'n (NATA).

Raymond F. Burke, Gerald E. Murray, Mary McDermott, White Plains, N.Y., for Nynex.

Robert V.R. Dalenberg, San Francisco, Cal., Stanley J. Moore, Washington, D.C., for Pacific Telesis Group.

Edgar Mayfield, James S. Golden, Gregory J. Christoffel, St. Louis, Mo., Liam S. Coonan, Washington, D.C., for Southwestern Bell Corp.

Sue D. Blumenfeld, John L. McGrew, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, Washington, D.C., for U.S. Telecommunications Suppliers Ass'n.

Joel B. Kleinman, James vanR. Springer, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C., for US West, Inc.


OPINION

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are (1) questions regarding the meaning of the term "manufacture" in section II(D)(2) of the decree, and (2) issues relating to enforcement of the decree.

I

Background

In April of 1985,1 AT & T2 filed with the Department of Justice requests for enforcement of the decree's prohibition on Regional...

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