SBC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. F.C.C.

No. CIV. A. 7:97-CV-163-X.

981 F.Supp. 996 (1997)

SBC COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, U.S. West Communications, Inc., Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, and United States of America, Defendants, MCI Telecommunications Corp., AT & T Corporation, Association for Local Telecommunications Services, Competitive Telecommunications Association, National Cable Television Association, Sprint Communications Co. L.P., and Telecommunications Resellers Association, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Wichita Falls Division.

December 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonny D. Morrison, Morrison & Shelton, Wichita Falls, TX, John I. Stewart, Jr., Clifton S. Elgarten, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, James D. Ellis, Paul K. Mancini, SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, Donald L. Flexner, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, Laurence H. Tribe, Jonathan S. Massey, Cambridge, MA, Liam S. Coonan, Southwestern Bell Communications Inc., Richardson, TX, Martin E. Grambow, SBC Communications Inc., Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Theodore C. Hirt, Carol Federighi, Carol Evans, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for defendants.

Keith Maydak, N. Versailles, PA, pro se.

Gregory Alan Ross, Fillmore & Purtle, Wichita Falls, TX, John D. Windhausen, Jr., Competition Policy Institute, Washington, DC, Glenn B. Manishin, Blumenfeld & Cohen, Washington, DC, Christy C. Kunin, Blemenfeld & Cohen, Washington, DC, for Competition Policy Institute amicus.

Michael Anthony Shaunessy, Bickerstaff Heath Smiley Pollan Kever & McDaniel, Austin, TX, for Newspaper Association of America amicus.

Javier Aguilar, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, TX, for State of Tex. amicus.

Genice Ann Gladow Rabe, Law Office of Genice A. G. Rabe, Dallas, TX, Patrick M. Scanlon, Communication Workers of America, Washington, DC, Laurence Gold, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, DC, for Communications Workers of America amicus.

Roy T. Sparkman, Sparkman & Davison, Wichita Falls, TX, Robert B. McKenna, U.S. West Communications, Denver, CO, William T. Lake, John H. Harwood, II, W. Scott Blackmer, David G. Gray, Samir C. Jain, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for U.S. West Communications, Inc. amicus.

Ralph M. Spory, Jr., Kelly Terry, Office of the Atty. Gen., Little Rock, AR, for State of Ark. amicus.

Robert P. Baxter, Jr., Law Office of Robert P. Baxter, Jr., Dallas, TX, Richard Clayton Trotter, Trotter Trotter & Fabrizi, Lubbock, TX, for Texas Justice Foundation amicus.

John W. Campbell, Atty. Gen. of Kansas, Topeka, KS, for Atty. Gen. of Kan. amicus.

Thomas T. Rogers, Small Craig & Werkenthin, Austin, TX, Jon Mark Hogg, Small Craig & Werkenthin, San Angelo, TX, for Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association amicus, Texas Wildlife Association amicus, Associated Milk Producers Inc. amicus, Texas Seed Trade Association amicus.

Richard Levy, Texas AFL-CIO, Austin, TX, for Texas AFL-CIO amicus.

Eva Andries, Suzi Ray McClellan, Laurie Pappas, Ricardo Guzman, Kristen Doyle, Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Austin, TX, for Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel amicus, Missouri Office of Public Counsel amicus, Consumer Federation of America amicus, Consumers Union amicus.

Steven NMI Baron, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Natural Resources Division, Austin, TX, for Public Utility Commission of Tex. amicus.

Oscar Morris Harrell, Michael V. Powell, Locke Purnell & Rain Harrell, Dallas, TX, Thomas F. O'Neil, III, William Single, IV, Maria Woodbridge, MCI Telecommunications Corp., Washington, DC, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Michelle B. Goodman, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for MCI Telecommunications Corp.

Oscar Morris Harrell, Michael V. Powell, Locke Purnell & Rain Harrell, Dallas, TX, David W. Carpenter, Peter D. Keisler, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Ronald D. Wells, Milner Lobel Goranson Sorrels Udashen & Wells, Dallas, TX, Mark C. Rosenblum, Marc E. Manly, AT & T Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ, for American Telephone & Telegraph Corp.

Oscar Morris Harrell, Michael V. Powell, Locke Purnell & Rain Harrell, Dallas, TX, Richard J. Metzger, Washington, DC, for Association for Local Telecommunications Services.

Oscar Morris Harrell, Michael V. Powell, Locke Purnell & Rain Harrell, Dallas, TX, Steven A. Augustino, Kelley Drye & Warren, Washington, DC, Genevieve Morelli, Competitive Telecommunications Assoc., Washington, DC, Danny E. Adams, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Washington, DC, for Competitive Telecommunications Association.

Oscar Morris Harrell, Michael V. Powell, Locke Purnell & Rain Harrell, Dallas, TX, Daniel L. Brenner, Neal M. Goldberg, David L. Nicoll, Washington, DC, for National Cable Television Association.

Oscar Morris Harrell, Michael V. Powell, Locke Purnell & Rain Harrell, Dallas, TX, David P. Murray, Bradford T. Hammock, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Washington, DC, for Sprint Communications Co., L.P.

Oscar Morris Harrell, Michael V. Powell, Locke Purnell & Rain Harrell, Dallas, TX, Charles C. Hunter, Catherine M. Hannan, Hunter Communications Law Group, Washington, DC, for Telecommunications Resellers Association.

James B. Williamson, Sherrill & Pace, Wichita Falls, TX, for Bell Atlantic Corp.

Terry Dean Kernell, Mayer Brown & Platt, Houston, TX, Theodore A. Livingston, Mayer Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Ameritech Corp.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KENDALL, District Judge.

This Court has been asked to decide the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "Act"). Before the Court is plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment and defendants' Cross Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiffs1 attack the constitutionality of Subtitle B of Title I of the Telecommunications Act of

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