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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. AT & T INC.

No. 09-1279.

131 S.Ct. 1177 (2011)

562 U.S. 397

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al., Petitioners, v. AT & T INC. et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Wayne Watts , Dallas, TX, Paul K. Mancini , Gary L. Phillips , Terri Hoskins , Washington, D.C., Geoffrey M. Klineberg , Counsel of Record, Brendan J. Crimmins , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for AT & T Inc.

Adina H. Rosenbaum , Michael H. Page , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, Mary C. Albert , Counsel of Record, Washington, DC, for CompTel.

Austin C. Schlick , General Counsel, Peter Karanjia , Deputy General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong , Associate General Counsel, Michael A. Krasnow , Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., Neal Kumar Katyal , Acting Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Anthony A. Yang , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Leonard Schaitman , Henry C. Whitaker , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Chief Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Motion of the Acting Solicitor General to dispense with printing the joint appendix granted.

Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.

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