CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS v. F.C.C.

Nos. 96-60502, 96-60581 and 96-60844.

165 F.3d 341 (1999)

CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. City of Dallas, Texas, Petitioner, v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Respondents. National Cable Television Association, Inc., Petitioner, v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Respondents. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc., Petitioner, v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Respondents. United States Conference of Mayors and National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, Petitioners, v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Stutes, Dallas, TX, for City of Dallas, TX.

Matthew C. Ames, Miller & Van Eaton, Washington, DC, for City of Dallas, TX, and U.S Conference of Mayors.

Laurence Nicholas Bourne, Daniel M. Armstrong, James Michael Carr, William E. Kennard, FCC, Washington, DC, for F.C.C.

Andrea V. Limmer, Nancy C. Garrison, Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Mark Samuel Popofsky, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Antitrust Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Matthew Robert Sutherland, BellSouth Corp., Atlanta, GA, for BellSouth Corp. and BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.

Leslie A. Vial, Michael E. Glover, Arlington, VA, for Bell Atlantic and Bell Atlantic Video Services Co.

Daniel Leslie Brenner, Neal Morse Goldberg, National Cable Television Ass'n, Washington, DC, for National Cable Television Ass'n, Inc.

Maureen E. Mahoney, James H. Barker, Gary M. Epstein, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, for BellSouth Telecommunications, Enc., U.S. Telephone Ass'n, Bell Atlantic, Bell Atlantic Video Services Co., GTE Serv. Corp. and GTE Media Ventures, Inc.

Michael Abbott Tanner, Bellsouth Corp., Atlanta, GA, for Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc.

William Robert Malone, Joseph L. Van Eaton, Nicholas P. Miller, Frederick Edward Ellrod, III, Miller & Van Eaton, Washington, DC, for U.S. Conference of Mayors and National Ass'n of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors.

Jonathan Standish Massey, Washington, DC, Laurence Henry Tribe, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, for Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc., U.S. Telephone Ass'n, Bell Atlantic, Bell Atlantic Video Services Co., GTE Serv. Corp. and GTE Media Ventures, Inc.

Linda Lee Kent, Mary McDermott, Hance Haney, Washington, DC, for U.S. Telephone Ass'n.

John Francis Raposa, GTE Telephone Operations, Irving, TX, Gail Laurie Polivy, GTE Corp., Washington, DC, for GTE Serv. Corp. and GTE Media Ventures, Inc.

Robert B. McKenna, Denver, CO, for U.S. West Inc.

Jean Lynn Kiddoo, Warren Anthony Fitch, Antony Richard Petrilla, Don W. Blevins, Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC, for Residential Communications Network of Massachusetts and MFS Communications Co., Inc.

James Ned Horwood, Washington, DC, for Alliance for Community Media, Alliance for Communications Democracy, Consumer Project on Technology, People for the American `Way, Consumer Federation of America, and Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ.

Werner K. Hartenberger, Michael Stuart Schooler, Dow Lohnes & Albertson, Washthgton, DC, for Cox Communications, Inc.

Before SMITH, DUHÉ and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The petitioners seek review of two orders of the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") interpreting the open video system ("OVS") provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("the Act"), Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996).1 We grant the petitions for review and affirm in part and reverse in part the Commission's orders.

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