CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITY CONTROL and Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents,
Springwich Cellular Limited Partnership; Cellco Partnership; GTE Service Corporation; McCaw Cellular Communications, Inc.; Connecticut Telephone and Communication Systems, Inc.; Connecticut Mobilecom, Inc.; Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association; and AT & T Wireless Services, Inc., Intervenors.
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Argued October 31, 1995.
Decided March 22, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mark F. Kohler, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Britain, Conn. (Richard Blumenthal, Atty. Gen. of Conn., Phillip Rosario, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Britain, Conn., on the brief), for petitioners.
Susan L. Fox, Washington, D.C. (William E. Kennard, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, John E. Ingle, Dep. Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Laurence N. Bourne, Fed. Commun. Comm., Washington, D.C.; Anne K. Bingaman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert B. Nicholson, Andrea Limmer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for respondents.
Paul E. Knag, Hartford, Conn. (William H. Narwold, Charles D. Ray, Cummings & Lockwood, Hartford, Conn.; Douglas L. Povich, W. Ashby Beal, Kelly & Povich, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for intervenors Connecticut Telephone and Communication Systems, Inc. and Connecticut Mobilecom, Inc.
Jean L. Kiddoo, Washington, D.C. (Robert V. Zener, Swidler & Berlin, Washington, D.C.; Peter J. Tyrrell, Springwich Cellular Limited Partnership, New Haven, Conn.; Mark R. Kravitz, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, Conn., on the brief), for intervenor Springwich Cellular Limited Partnership.
(Allan B. Taylor, Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, Conn., submitted a brief for intervenor Cellco Partnership).
(Douglas B. McFadden, Robert M. Winteringham, McFadden, Evans & Sill, Washington, D.C.; Andre J. Lachance, GTE Service Corporation, Washington, D.C., submitted a brief for intervenor GTE Service Corporation).
(David L. Foster, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, N.Y.; Michael F. Altschul, Andrea D. Williams, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, Washington, D.C., submitted a brief for intervenor Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association).
(Bruce D. Sokler, Howard J. Symons, Sara F. Seidman, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, Washington, D.C., submitted a brief for intervenor AT & T Wireless Services, Inc.).
Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge, and RAGGI, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
This petition to review an order of the Federal Communications Commission challenges the lawfulness of the Commission's denial of Connecticut's request to continue state regulation of wholesale rates for cellular telephone service. Petitioners, the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control ("DPUC") and the Attorney General of Connecticut, contend that the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or the "Commission") acted in an arbitrary...
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