MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. v. F.C.C.

No. 85-1461.

822 F.2d 80 (1987)

MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondent, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, The Bell Operating Companies, Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co., et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Byrnes, with whom Michael H. Bader, Kenneth A. Cox, Theodore D. Kramer, and John M. Scorce, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioner. Thomas R. Gibbon, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance.

John E. Ingle, Deputy Associate General Counsel, F.C.C., with whom Jack D. Smith, General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Association General Counsel, Nancy E. Stanley, Asst. General Counsel, F.C.C., Robert B. Nicholson, and Andrea Limmer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondents. Linda Oliver, Atty., F.C.C., Washington, D.C., entered an appearance.

Jules M. Perlberg, Chicago, Ill., with whom David J. Lewis, Washington, D.C., Judith A. Maynes and Robert B. Stechert, Basking Ridge, N.J., were on the brief, for intervenor, AT & T. Michael Berg entered an appearance.

Raymond F. Scully, Alan B. Sternstein and Louise L. M. Tucker, Washington, D.C., entered appearances, for intervenor, The Bell Operating Companies.

Robert B. McKenna, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance, for intervenors, Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co., et al.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, MIKVA, Circuit Judge, and GESELL, District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, MCI Telecommunications Corporation (MCI), seeks review of an order entered by the Federal Communications Commission (the Commission or the FCC). The order allowed American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT & T) to implement proposed revisions to its interstate private-line tariffs. These revisions established "Project Liability" charges for a customer's cancellation...

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