RESERVATION TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, et al., Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents,
General Telephone Company, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies, Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, Intervenors.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 3, 1987.
Decided August 25, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David Cosson, with whom Paul G. Daniel, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for petitioners.
Linda L. Oliver, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., for respondent. Jack D. Smith, General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, John E. Ingle and Laurel R. Bergold, Counsel, F.C.C., and John J. Powers, III, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for respondents. George Edelstein, Atty., Dept. of Justice, and Jane E. Mago, Counsel, F.C.C., Washington, D.C., also entered appearances.
Jules M. Perlberg, with whom C. John Buresh, Jonathan S. Hoak, Chicago, Ill., and Robert B. Stechert, Basking Ridge, N.J., were on the brief for intervenor, AT & T. Judith A. Maynes, New Haven, Conn., also entered an appearance.
William Malone and James R. Hobson, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenor, General Telephone Co.
Dana A. Rasmussen and Robert B. McKenna, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenor, Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
David K. Hall, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenors, Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies.
Before MIKVA, BORK and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.
BORK, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a financial dispute that turns on the proper interpretation of a settlement contract whose language is patterned after rules established by the Federal Communications Commission. The Commission issued an order resolving the dispute, and the complaining parties now petition for review. We deny the petition for review.
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