PACIFIC TELESIS GROUP v. U.S.

No. 94-16064.

48 F.3d 1106 (1994)

PACIFIC TELESIS GROUP; Pacific Bell; Nevada Bell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al.; Federal Communications Commission; Janet Reno, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees, and California Cable Television Association, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Kellogg, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen & Todd, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Douglas Letter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees.

Bruce D. Sokler, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, Washington, DC, for intervenor-appellee.

Before: ALARCON and HALL, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.


CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a First Amendment challenge to 47 U.S.C. § 533(b), the telephone company — cable television cross-ownership prohibition. The district court stayed the proceedings pending resolution by this court of GTE California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, 39 F.3d 940 (9th Cir.1994). After the stay was entered, the plaintiffs moved in the district court for...

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