U.S. v. WESTERN ELEC. CO.

No. 88-5050.

894 F.2d 1387 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, et al. Appeal of PACIFIC TELESIS GROUP, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Cicero, Jr., Chicago, Ill., with whom Alfred Winchell Whittaker, Katherine C. Zeitlin, Washington, D.C., for American Information Technologies.

R. Frost Branon, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for BellSouth Corp.

Raymond F. Burke and Gerald E. Murray, White Plains, N.Y., for NYNEX Corp.

Richard W. Odgers, Margaret deB. Brown and Randall E. Cape, San Francisco, Cal., for Pacific Telesis Group.

Robert A. Levetown, James R. Young and John Thorne, Washington, D.C., for Bell Atlantic Corp.

James D. Ellis, Paul G. Lane, Dan T. Foley and Liam S. Coonan, St. Louis, Mo., for Southwestern Bell Corp.

Jeffrey S. Bork, Washington, D.C., for U.S. West Inc. were on the joint brief for appellants Regional Bell Companies.

Mark J. Mathis, Washington, D.C. and John M. Goodman, for Bell Atlantic.

Edgar Mayfield, James S. Golden and Mary W. Marks, St. Louis, Mo., for South Western Bell Corp.

Martin Silverman, for NYNEX Corp., Abbott B. Sipsky, Jr., for BellSouth Corp.

Stanley J. Moore and C. Douglas Floyd, San Francisco, Cal., for Pacific Telesis Group, also entered appearances for appellants.

Marion Jetton, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom James F. Rill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Barry Grossman and Nancy C. Garrison, Attorneys, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee U.S. of America in all cases.

David W. Carpenter, Chicago, Ill., with whom Francine J. Berry, Mark C. Rosenblum, Basking Ridge, N.J., and Howard J. Trienens, Chicago, Ill., were on the brief for appellee American Tel. & Tel. Co. in all cases.

Jonathan S. Hoak also entered an appearance for American Tel. & Tel. Co.

Herbert E. Marks and James L. Casserly, Washington, D.C., for Independent Data Communications Mfrs. Ass'n Inc.

Altert H. Kramer and Robert F. Aldrich, Washington, D.C., for North American Telecommunications Ass'n.

John W. Pettit and Thomas K. Crowe, Washington, D.C., for Tandy Corp.

Sue D. Blumenfeld and John L. McGrew, Washington, D.C., for Telecommunications Industry Ass'n, were on the joint brief for appellee Independent Data Communications Mfg. Ass'n, et al., in all cases.

Gary L. Lieber and E. Jay Finkel, Washington, D.C. entered appearances for appellee Maryland People's Counsel.

Martin T. McCue, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellee U.S. Telephone Ass'n.

Gregory J. Krasovsky entered an appearance for appellee Florida Public Service Com'n.

William Paul Rodgers, Jr., Charles D. Gray, and Lisa M. Zaino entered appearances for appellee National Ass'n Regulatory Utility Com'n.

Simon Lazarus, III, and Lawrence R. Fullerton, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for appellee Hayes Micro Computer Products, Inc.

Andrew D. Lipman and Russell M. Blau, Washington, D.C., entered appearances, for appellee David Systems, Inc.

Milton Grossman, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellee Western Union Corp.

Before MIKVA, EDWARDS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we are again called upon to review a decision of the District Court interpreting the consent decree ("Decree") that ended the American Telephone and Telegraph Company ("AT & T") antitrust litigation. See United States v. American Tel. & Tel. Co., 552 F.Supp. 131, 226-34 (D.D.C.1982), aff'd sub nom. Maryland...

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