AMERICAN TEL. & TEL. CO. v. F.C.C.

No. 92-1053.

978 F.2d 727 (1992)

AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. US Sprint Communications Company, US West Communications, Inc., Ameritech Operating Companies, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, International Business Machines Corporation, Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Carpenter, Chicago, Ill., with whom Peter D. Keisler, Washington, D.C., Francine J. Berry, and Mark C. Rosenblum, Basking Ridge, N.J., were on the brief, for petitioner.

John E. Ingle, Deputy Associate Gen. Counsel, F.C.C., with whom Robert L. Pettit, Gen. Counsel, F.C.C., Laurence N. Bourne, Counsel, F.C.C., Catherine G. O'Sullivan and Robert J. Wiggers, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondents.

Frank W. Krogh, Donald J. Elardo, Loretta J. Garcia, and Richard M. Singer, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenor MCI Telecommunications Corp.

James S. Blaszak and Patrick J. Whittle, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for intervenor Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee.

Leon M. Kestenbaum, H. Richard Juhnke, and Michael B. Fingerhut, Washington, D.C., entered appearances, for intervenor US Sprint Communications Co.

Robert B. McKenna, Denver, Colo., and Lawrence E. Sarjeant, Washington, D.C., entered appearances, for intervenor US WEST Communications, Inc.

Alfred Winchell Whittaker, Washington, D.C., and Floyd S. Keene, Hoffman Estates, Ill., entered appearances, for intervenor Ameritech Operating Companies.

J. Roger Wollenberg, William T. Lake and Jonathan Jacob Nadler, Washington, D.C., entered appearances, for intervenor Intern. Business Machines Corp.

Before: WALD, SILBERMAN, and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 21, 1993.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge.

AT & T petitions for review of an order of the Federal Communications Commission that concluded an investigation into a complaint filed by AT & T in 1989. The complaint alleged that MCI had violated and was continuing to violate section 203 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 203 (1988), by charging...

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