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SOUTH AUSTIN COALITION COMMUNITY v. SBC COMMUNICATIONS

No. 99-1477.

191 F.3d 842 (1999)

SOUTH AUSTIN COALITION COMMUNITY COUNCIL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC. and Ameritech Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton A. Krislov (argued), Krislov & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Steven P. Handler, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee SBC Communications, Inc.

Stephen M. Shapiro (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Theodore A. Livingston, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Ameritech Corp.

Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Ameritech and SBC Communications, two of the "Baby Bells" carved out of AT&T as part of the antitrust divestiture finally approved in 1983, have agreed to merge. The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice concluded that the merger is generally compatible with competition, though as a condition of receiving the Department's approbation the merging firms promised in a consent decree to spin off SBC's cellular phone business in...

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