QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERN. INC. v. F.C.C.

No. 99-1531.

229 F.3d 1172 (2000)

QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents. MCI WorldCom, Inc. and AT&T Corporation, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Richardson, Jr. argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were William T. Lake, Patrick J. Carome, Julie A. Veach, Dan L. Poole, and Robert B. McKenna.

Lawrence E. Sarjeant, Linda Kent, John Hunter, Julie E. Rones, William F. Maher, Jr., Stephen L. Goodman, and Richard White, Jr. were on the brief for amicus curiae in support of petitioner.

Joel Marcus, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Robert B. Nicholson, and Christopher Sprigman, Attorneys. John E. Ingle, Deputy Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, entered an appearance.

Anthony C. Epstein argued the cause for intervenors WorldCom, Inc. and AT&T Corp. With him on the brief were Thomas F. O'Neil, III, William Single, IV, Mark C. Rosenblum, Peter H. Jacoby, Judy Sello, and David Lawson. James P. Young entered an appearance.

Before: WILLIAMS, SENTELLE, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

Qwest Communications International, Inc. ("Qwest") petitions for review of a decision by the Federal Communications Commission ("Commission") to disclose raw audit data to competitors in connection with a notice of inquiry concerning the validity and reasonableness of statistical sampling for equipment not found or not verifiable during a field audit.1...

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