U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al., Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.
AT&T Corporation, et al., Intervenors.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 3, 1999.
Decided June 8, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William T. Lake argued the cause for petitioners U S WEST Communications, Inc., and Ameritech Corporation. With him on the briefs were William R. Richardson, Jr., Lynn R. Charytan, Theodore A. Livingston, John E. Muench and Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr.
Drew S. Days, III, argued the cause for petitioner Qwest Communications Corporation. With him on the briefs was Robert H. Loeffler. Kenneth W. Irvin entered an appearance.
Richard K. Welch, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Catherine G. O'Sullivan and Adam D. Hirsh, Attorneys, Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, and John E. Ingle, Deputy Associate General Counsel.
David W. Carpenter argued the cause for intervenors AT&T Corporation, et al. With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Mark C. Rosenblum, Roy E. Hoffinger, William Single, IV, Jerome L. Epstein, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Howard J. Symons, Sara F. Seidman, Albert H. Kramer, Andrew D. Lipman, Richard M. Rindler, W. Anthony Fitch, Brian Conboy, Thomas Jones and Robert M. McDowell. Genevieve Morelli and Michael J. Shortley, III, entered appearances.
John Thorne, Michael E. Glover, Mark L. Evans and M. Robert Sutherland were on the brief for amici curiae Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies.
Before: SILBERMAN, WILLIAMS and TATEL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Until various conditions relating to competition in local ("intraLATA") telephone service are satisfied, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 generally bars each Bell operating company ("BOC") from providing long distance ("interLATA") service originating in the region where it provides local service:
Neither a Bell operating company, nor any affiliate...
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