CINCINNATI BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. F.C.C.

Nos. 94-3701, 94-4113, 95-3023, 95-3238 and 95-3315.

69 F.3d 752 (1995)

CINCINNATI BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY (94-3701; 95-3023); BellSouth Corporation; BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.; BellSouth Enterprises, Inc. (94-4113; 95-3315); Radiofone, Inc. (95-3238), Petitioners, United States Telephone Association; U.S. West, Inc.; New York Telephone Company; New England Telephone and Telegraph Company; Radiofone, Inc., Intervenors, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents, Pacific Bell; Nevada Bell; MCI Telecommunications Corporation; AT&T Corporation; US West, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas E. Hart (argued & briefed), Thomas E. Taylor, Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH, for Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company in Nos. 94-3701, 95-3023.

Mary McDermott, United States Telephone Association, Washington, DC, for United States Telephone Association.

Robert B. McKenna, Washington, DC, for U.S. West, Inc. in Nos. 94-3701, 95-3023 and 95-3315.

William B. Barfield (briefed), Atlanta, GA, for BellSouth Corporation, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., BellSouth Enterprises, Inc. in No. 94-3701.

Joseph DiBella, White Plains, NY, for New York Telephone Company, New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, in Nos. 94-3701, 94-4113.

John E. Ingle (briefed), James M. Carr, Joel Marcus (argued & briefed), Office of the General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission in No. 94-3701.

Robert J. Wiggers, Cathrine G. O'Sullivan, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC, for United States in Nos. 94-3701, 95-3023.

Frank W. Krogh, Donald J. Elardo, MCI Telecommunications Corp., Washington, DC, for MCI Telecommunications Corp. in Nos. 94-3701, 95-3023.

Michael K. Kellogg (briefed), Austin C. Schlick (argued), Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, Washington, DC, for Pacific Telesis Mobile Services, Pacific Bell Mobile Services in No. 94-3701.

William B. Barfield (briefed), Atlanta, GA, Craig E. Gilmore, Robert G. Kirk, Michael D. Sullivan, L. Andrew Tollin (argued & briefed), Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer & Quinn, Washington, DC, Jim O. Llewellyn, John F. Beasley, BellSouth Corporation, Atlanta, GA, for BellSouth Corporation, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., BellSouth Enterprises, Inc. in Nos. 94-4113, 95-3315.

Ashton R. Hardy (argued & briefed), J. Michael Lamers (briefed), Hardy & Carey, Metairie, LA, for Radiofone, Inc. in Nos. 94-4113, 95-3238.

John E. Ingle (briefed), James M. Carr, William E. Kennard (briefed), Office of the General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission in No. 94-4113.

Robert J. Wiggers, Cathrine G. O'Sullivan, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, James M. Carr, William E. Kennard, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, for U.S. in No. 94-4113.

Michael K. Kellogg (briefed), Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, Washington, DC, for Pacific Telesis Mobile Services, Pacific Bell Mobile Services in Nos. 94-4113, 95-3238 and 95-3315.

David Cosson, L. Marie Guillory, National Telephone Cooperative Association, Washington, DC, for National Telephone Cooperative Association.

Robert J. Wiggers, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, John E. Ingle (briefed), James M. Carr, William E. Kennard (briefed), Joel Marcus (argued & briefed), Office of the General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission in No. 95-3023.

David W. Carpenter, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for AT&T Corp.

Michael K. Kellogg (briefed), Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, Washington, DC, for Pacific Telesis Mobile Services, Pacific Bell Mobile Services in No. 95-3023.

Joel Marcus (argued & briefed), Office of General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission in No. 95-3238.

Robert B. Nicholson, Robert J. Wiggers, Cathrine G. O'Sullivan, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC, for U.S. in No. 95-3238.

William E. Kennard (briefed), Joel Marcus (argued & briefed), Office of General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, for Federal Communications Commission in No. 95-3315.

Robert J. Wiggers, Cathrine G. O'Sullivan, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, William E. Kennard, Office of General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, for U.S. in No. 95-3315.

Before: MARTIN and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; EDMUNDS, District Judge.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated petitions to review decisions of the Federal Communications Commission, Cincinnati Bell, Radiofone, and BellSouth take issue with various aspects of the agency's rulemaking regarding ownership limitations in the wireless communications industry. Cincinnati Bell and Radiofone challenge certain cross-ownership and attribution rules which restrict the ability of current...

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