PARAGON CABLE TELEVISION INC. v. F.C.C.

No. 85-1020.

822 F.2d 152 (1987)

PARAGON CABLE TELEVISION INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondent, Wisconsin Bell, Inc., City of Brookfield, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold R. Farrow, Washington, D.C., for petitioner. Jacob W. Mayer, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for petitioner. Alan R. Plutzik and Bruce G. Forrest, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for petitioner.

Gregory M. Christopher, Counsel, F.C.C., with whom Diane S. Killory, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, F.C.C., Robert B. Nicholson and Donald S. Clark, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for respondents. Margaret G. Halpern, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for respondents.

Harold H. Fuhrman, Milwaukee, Wis., was on the brief for intervenor, City of Brookfield.

Gregg H. Levy, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for intervenor, Wisconsin Bell, Inc.

Robert B. McKenna, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for amicus curiae, the Mountain States Tel. and Tel. Co., urging the denial of the petition of review.

Peyton G. Bowman, III and Daniel J. Wright, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for amicus curiae, Texas Power & Light Co., urging the denial of the petition of review.

Before BORK and STARR, Circuit Judges, and RE, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade.


Opinion Per Curiam.

PER CURIAM:

This case presents a challenge to rulings made by the Commission in a consolidated review of decisions by the Common Carrier Bureau in two complementary proceedings. First, the Commission rejected a complaint filed by petitioner under 47 U.S.C. § 224 (1982), in which petitioner alleged it had been unreasonably denied pole attachments by the local telephone company, Wisconsin Bell, Inc. (formerly Wisconsin Telephone Co....

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