National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Com'rs v. F.C.C.
| Decision Date | 12 June 1984 |
| Docket Number | 83-1493,Nos. 83-1225,83-1329,83-1995,83-2168 and 83-2218,83-2108,83-1463,83-1954,83-1439,83-1984,83-1464,83-2016,s. 83-1225 |
| Citation | 237 U.S.App.D.C. 390,737 F.2d 1095 |
| Parties | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee, et al., Intervenors. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, United Telephone System, Inc., et al., Intervenors. PEOPLE OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA and the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Southern Pacific Communications Company, et al., Intervenors. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Aeronautical Radio, Inc., et al., Intervenors. LEXITEL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, United Telephone Systems, Inc., et al., Intervenors. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, et al., Intervenors. NORTH AMERICAN TELEPHONE ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, GTE Sprint Communications Corporation, et al., Intervenors. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, GTE Service Corporation, et al., Intervenors. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, GTE Sprint Communications Corporation, et al., Intervenors. AERONAUTICAL RADIO, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Western Union Telegraph Company, et al., Intervenors. UNITED STATES TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, INC., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COM |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — District of Columbia Circuit |
Petitions for Review of Orders of the Federal Communications commission.
Genevieve Morelli, Deputy Asst. Gen. Counsel, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Washington D.C., with whom Paul Rodgers, Gen. Counsel, and Charles D. Gray, Asst. Gen. Counsel, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, petitioner in No. 83-1225. Deborah A. DuPont, Attorney, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
William J. Byrnes, Washington, D.C., with whom Michael H. Bader, Kenneth A. Cox, Joel Rothstein Wolfson, Theodore D. Kramer, Robert Michelson, and Robert E. Conn, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for MCI Telecommunications Corp., petitioner in Nos. 83-1463 and 83-1984, and intervenor in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, 83-1439, 83-1464, 83-1493, 83-1954, 83-2016, 83-2108, 83-2168, and 83-2218.
John L. Bartlett, Washington, D.C., with whom Robert J. Butler, Carl R. Frank, Richard E. Wiley, Philip V. Permut, Howard D. Polsky, and James M. Tobin, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for Aeronautical Radio, Inc. and Lexitel Corp., petitioners in Nos. 83-1464 and 83-2016, and intervenors in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, 83-1439, 83-1463, 83-1464, 83-1493, 83-2108, 83-2168, and 83-2218.
Lloyd N. Moore, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Howard C. Davenport and Michael E. Geltner, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia, petitioner in Nos. 83-1329 and 83-1995, and intervenor in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1439, 83-1463, 83-1464, and 83-1493.
Denise Bonn, Washington, D.C., with whom Albert H. Kramer, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for North American Telecommunications Association, petitioner in No. 83-1954 and intervenor in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, 83-1439, 83-1463, 83-1464, 83-1493, 83-2168, and 83-2218.
J. Calvin Simpson, San Francisco, Cal., and Peter G. Fairchild, Sacramento, Cal., were on the brief for People of the State of California, et al., petitioners in No. 83-1439.
Arthur H. Simms, Lawrence P. Keller, Joel Yohalem, H. Richard Juhnke, Edward Berlin, Carmen D. Legato, and Francis S. Blake, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for Western Union Telegraph Co., petitioner in No. 83-1493 and intervenor in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, 83-1439, 83-1463, 83-1464, 83-1954, 83-1984, 83-2016, 83-2035, 83-2108, and 83-2218.
Jeffrey H. Matsuura, F. Thomas Tuttle, William D. English, Kevin H. Cassidy, William E. Willis, Margaret K. Pfeiffer, Robert B. Bell, J. Laurent Scharff, and Richard Singer, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for Satellite Business Systems, intervenor in Nos. 83-1439 and 83-1464.
John A. Ligon, Grant S. Lewis, and John S. Kinzey, New York City, were on the brief for United States Transmission Systems, Inc., petitioner in No. 83-2108 and intervenor in No. 83-1225.
Leo I. George, Washington, D.C., was on the statement in lieu of brief for Telesphere Network, Inc., petitioner in No. 83-2168.
Victor J. Toth, Reston, Va., was on the statement in lieu of brief for Association of Long Distance Telephone Companies, petitioner in No. 83-2218.
John E. Ingle, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., with whom Bruce E. Fein, General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, Nancy E. Stanley, Jane E. Mago, and Linda L. Oliver, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for Federal Communications Commission, respondent in all cases.
Robert B. Nicholson, Frederic Freilicher, Barry Grossman, and Nancy Garrison, Washington, D.C., were on the statement in lieu of brief for United States of America, respondent in all cases.
Bruce Renard, Gainesville, Fla., for Florida Public Service Commission, intervenor in Nos. 83-1225 and 83-1329.
Benjamin H. Dickens, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., with whom Jack Shreve, Tallahassee, Fla., for National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates and Joel B. Shifman, Charleston, W.Va., for Public Service Commission of West Virginia, were on the joint brief, for National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, et al., intervenors in Nos. 83-1225 and 83-1493. Raymond E. Lark, Jr., and Lee Jedziniak, Columbia, S.C., also entered appearances for Steven W. Hamm, as Consumer Advocate for the State of South Carolina.
Raymond F. Scully, Washington, D.C., with whom Robert P. Casey, Harrisburg, Pa., was on the brief, for Bell Operating Companies, intervenors in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, 83-1439, 83-1463, 83-1464, 83-1493, 83-1954, 83-1984, 83-1995, 83-2016, 83-2108, 83-2168, and 83-2218.
Michael Boudin, Washington, D.C., with whom David H. Remes, Washington, D.C., Howard J. Trienens, Daniel Stark, New York City, Alfred A. Green, New York City, and Judith A. Maynes, New Haven, Conn., were on the brief, for AT & T Co., intervenor in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, 83-1439, 83-1463, 83-1464, 83-1493, 83-1954, 83-1984, 83-1995, 83-2016, 83-2108, 83-2168, and 83-2218. M. Jean Dabney, New York City, James D. Ellis, Bedminster, N.J., Alfred Winchell Whitaker, and Hiram D. Gordon, New York City, also entered appearances for AT & T Co.
Mary Jo Manning, Washington, D.C., for ROLM Corporation, intervenor in Nos. 83-1225 and 83-2218.
Charles M. Meehan, Washington, D.C., with whom Shirley S. Fujimato, Washington, D.C., for Utilities Telecommunications Council, Deborah Shur Trinker, Washington, D.C., Lee M. Weiner, Washington, D.C., for Association of Data Communications Users, Wayne V. Black, and Stark Ritchie, Washington, D.C., for American Petroleum Institute, were on the joint brief, for American Petroleum Institute, et al., intervenors in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, and 83-1984.
David Cosson, Washington, D.C., with whom Amy S. Gross, Margot Smiley Humphrey, and Ellen S. Deutsche, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for Rural Telephone Coalition, intervenor in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, 83-1439, 83-1463, 83-1464, and 83-1493.
J. Roger Wollenberg, William T. Lake, and Roger M. Witten, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for International Business Machines Corp., intervenor in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, 83-1439, 83-1463, 83-1464, 83-1493, 83-1954, 83-1984, 83-1995, 83-2016, 83-2108, 83-2168, and 83-2218.
Joseph M. Kittner, Randolph J. May, and Timothy J. Cooney, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee, intervenor in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, 83-1439, 83-1463, 83-1464, 83-1493, 83-2168, and 83-2218.
Herbert E. Marks, Joseph P. Markoski, Judith Jurin Semo, Washington, D.C., and David A. Wormser, Arlington, Va., were on the brief for Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc., intervenor in Nos. 83-1225, 83-1329, 83-1439, 83-1954, 83-1984, 83-2016, 83-2168, and 83-2218.
Richard E. Wiley, Philip V. Permut, Danny E. Adams, Howard D. Polsky, Philip M. Walker, and Donald E. Ward, Washington, D.C., for GTE Corp., and Bernard C. Topper, Jr., Burlingame, Cal., and Mitchell F. Brecher, Washington, D.C., for GTE Sprint Communications Corp., were on the joint brief for GTE...
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