AMERICA TEL. & TEL. CO. v. F.C.C.

Nos. 84-1148, 85-1386.

832 F.2d 1285 (1987)

AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, GTE Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, North American Telecommunications Association, Western Union Telegraph Company, United States Telephone Association, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Bell Operating Companies, Ameritech Operating Companies, et al., National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Centel Corporation, ROLM Corporation, Roseville Telephone Company, et al., United States Transmission Systems, Inc., Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, et al., United Telephone System, Inc., Teltec Saving Communications Co., et al., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Citizens of the State of Florida, Ad Hoc Telecommunication Users Committee, Satellite Business Systems, Department of Public Utility Control of the State of Connecticut, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Public Service Commission of West Virginia, Aeronautical Radio, Inc., Intervenors. AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, United States Transmission Systems, Inc., GTE Corporation, Ameritech Operating Companies, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, et al., BellSouth Corporation, Bell Operating Companies, Mobile Marine Radio, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Boudin, with whom David H. Remes, Christopher T. Curtis, Washington, D.C., J. Richard Devlin, Bedminster, N.J., and Mark C. Rosenblum, Basking Ridge, N.J., were on brief, for petitioner. Howard J. Trienens, Chicago, Ill., Alfred A. Green, New York City, and Judith A. Maynes, New Haven, Conn., also entered appearances for petitioner.

John E. Ingle, Counsel, F.C.C., with whom Jack D. Smith, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, Linda L. Oliver, Counsel, F.C.C., Catherine G. O'Sullivan and Andrea Limmer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for respondents. Bruce E. Fein, Counsel, F.C.C., Barry Grossman, Nancy C. Garrison and Robert B. Nicholson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for respondents.

William J. Byrnes, with whom Michael H. Bader, Kenneth A. Cox, James E. Dunstan and John M. Scorce, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for intervenor MCI Telecommunications Corp., in Nos. 84-1148 and 85-1386. Theodore D. Kramer, Thomas R. Gibbon and Robert Michelson, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for MCI Telecommunications Corp., in Nos. 84-1148 and 85-1386.

James R. Hobson, Michael B. Fingerhut and Mitchell F. Brecher, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor GTE Corp., in Nos. 84-1148 and 85-1386.

J. Roger Wollenberg, William T. Lake and Roger M. Witten, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor IBM Corp., in No. 84-1148.

Albert H. Kramer and Denise Bonn, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor North American Telecommunications Ass'n, in No. 84-1148.

Arthur H. Simms and Lawrence P. Keller, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor Western Union Telegraph Co., in No. 84-1148.

Thomas J. O'Reilly, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor U.S. Telephone Ass'n, in No. 84-1148.

Thomas Pace, Princeton, N.J., entered an appearance for intervenor Dow Jones & Co., Inc., in No. 84-1148.

Raymond F. Scully, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor Bell Operating Companies, in Nos. 84-1148 and 85-1386, Liam S. Coonan, St. Louis, Mo., William C. Sullivan, Topeka, Kan., and Linda S. Legg, St. Louis, Mo., entered appearances for Bell Operating Companies in No. 84-1148, and Alan B. Sternstein and Louise L.M. Tucker, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for Bell Operating Companies in No. 85-1386.

Thomas J. Reiman, Chicago, Ill., Charles R. Cutler and Alfred Winchell Whittaker, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenors Ameritech Operating Companies, et al., in Nos. 84-1148 and 85-1386.

Charles D. Gray and Genevieve Morelli, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor Nat. Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Com'rs, in No. 84-1148.

Theodore D. Frank, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor Centel Corp., in No. 84-1148.

Mary Jo Manning, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor ROLM Corp., in No. 84-1148.

Gary C. Tucker, Denver, Colo., Michael L. Glaser and Francis E. Fletcher, Jr., Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenors Roseville Telephone Co., et al., in No. 84-1148.

John A. Ligon, Grant S. Lewis and John S. Kinzey, New York City, entered appearances for intervenor U.S. Transmission Systems, Inc., in Nos. 84-1148 and 85-1386.

Robert W. Barker and Robert B. McKenna, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenors Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co., et al., in Nos. 84-1148 and 85-1386.

Carolyn C. Hill, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor United Telephone System, Inc., in No. 84-1148.

Peter Tannenwald, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor Teltec Saving Communications Co., in No. 84-1148.

Joseph M. Kittner, Randolph J. May and Timothy J. Cooney, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenors American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., et al. and Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee, in No. 84-1148.

Jack Shreve, Tallahassee, Fla., and Benjamin H. Dickens, Jr., Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor Citizens of the State of Florida, in No. 84-1148.

Kevin H. Cassidy, New York City, Jeffrey Matsuura, Washington, D.C. and William E. Willis, New York City, entered appearances for intervenor Satellite Business Systems, in No. 84-1148.

William B. Gundling, Hartford, Conn., entered an appearance for intervenor Dept. of Public Utility Control of the State of Connecticut, in No. 84-1148.

John L. Bartlett and Robert J. Butler, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor Aeronautical Radio, Inc., in No. 84-1148.

John F. Beasley and Vincent L. Sgrosso, Atlanta, Ga., entered appearances for intervenor BellSouth Corp., in No. 85-1386.

Martin W. Bercovici, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor Mobile Marine Radio, Inc., in No. 85-1386.

Before BORK and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD D. RE, Chief Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.

BORK, Circuit Judge:

American Telephone and Telegraph Company ("AT & T") and its long distance service competitors ("Other Common Carriers" or "OCCs") use the facilities of local telephone companies to originate and terminate interstate calls. Because some local exchanges have not yet converted their facilities to provide equal access to all carriers, AT & T is the only carrier with "premium access...

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