Western Union Telegraph Co. v. F.C.C.
| Decision Date | 03 April 1987 |
| Docket Number | 85-1124,84-1641,85-1204 and 85-1300,84-1642,Nos. 84-1177,85-1115,85-1151,85-1183,85-1148,s. 84-1177 |
| Citation | 815 F.2d 1495 |
| Parties | The WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Aeronautical Radio, Inc., Pacific Bell, et al., Centel Corporation, Teltec Saving Communications Co., et al., GTE Corporation, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., ROLM Corporation, Roseville Telephone Company, et al., RCA Global Communications, Inc., Department of Public Utility Control of the State of Connecticut, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee, Telesphere Network, Inc., U.S. Telephone, Inc., American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Satellite Business Systems, United Telephone System, Inc., Ameritech Operating Companies, et al., United States Transmission Systems, Inc., Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co., et al., ITT Communications Services, Inc., Intervenors. The WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Bell Operating Companies, Illinois Bell Telephone Co., et al., American Telephone and Telegraph Company, the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co., et al., RCA Global Communications, Inc., ITT Communications Services, Inc., GTE Sprint Communications Corporation, Pacific Bell and Southern New England Telephone Company, Satellite Data Broadcast Networks, Inc., Satellite Business Systems, United Telephone System, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., the Competitive Telecommunications Association, American Satellite Company, Intervenors. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Illinois Bell Telephone Co., et al., Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co., et al., American Telephone and Telegraph Company, GTE Sprint Communications Corporation, Western Union Telegraph Company, Bell Operating Companies, Satellite Data Broadcast Networks, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., United Telephone Sys |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — District of Columbia Circuit |
Petitions for Review of Orders of the Federal Communications commission.
William J. Byrnes, with whom Michael H. Bader, Kenneth A. Cox, Theodore D. Kramer and John M. Scorce, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for MCI Telecommunications Corp., petitioner in Nos. 84-1642, 85-1124, 85-1146, 85-1151, 85-1183 and 85-1204, and intervenor in Nos. 84-1177, 84-1641, 85-1115 and 85-1300. Robert Michelson and Thomas R. Gibbon, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for MCI Telecommunications Corp.
L. Andrew Tollin, with whom Robert B. McKenna, Jr. and Kenneth D. Patrich, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co., et al., petitioners in No. 85-1300 and intervenors in Nos. 84-1177, 84-1641, 84-1642, 85-1115 and 85-1124.
H. Richard Juhnke, Joel Yohalem, Arthur H. Simms, Lawrence P. Keller, Thomas J. Casey and Terrence J. Leahy, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for the Western Union Telegraph Co., petitioner in Nos. 84-1177, 84-1641 and 85-1115, and intervenor in Nos. 84-1642, 85-1148, 85-1151, 85-1204 and 85-1300. Peter G. Wolfe also entered an appearance for the Western Union Telegraph Co.
Linda L. Oliver, Counsel, F.C.C., with whom Jack D. Smith, Gen. Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate Gen. Counsel, John E. Ingle, Counsel, F.C.C., and Robert B. Nicholson and Andrea Limmer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondents. Bruce E. Fein, Counsel, F.C.C., and Nancy C. Garrison and Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for respondents.
Alfred Winchell Whittaker, Washington, D.C., with whom Thomas J. Reiman, Chicago, Ill., was on the brief for intervenors, Ameritech Operating Companies, et al., in Nos. 84-1177, 84-1641, 84-1642, 85-1148, 85-1151, 85-1183, 85-1204 and 85-1300.
Jules M. Perlberg, Jonathan S. Hoak, Chicago, Ill., and J. Richard Devlin, Long Valley, N.J., were on the brief for intervenor, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, in Nos. 84-1177, 84-1641, 84-1642, 85-1115, 85-1124, 85-1148 and 85-1151. Lowell Miller, Basking Ridge, N.J., also entered an appearance for intervenor, American Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Raymond F. Scully, Alan B. Sternstein and Katherine I. Hall, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for intervenor, Bell Operating Companies, in Nos. 84-1177, 84-1641, 84-1642, 85-1115, 85-1124, 85-1148, 85-1151, 85-1183 and 85-1204.
Peter Tannenwald, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Teltec Saving Communications Co., in No. 84-1177.
Theodore D. Frank, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Centel Corp., in No. 84-1177.
Thomas Pace, Princeton, N.J., entered an appearance for intervenor, Dow Jones and Co., Inc., in Nos. 84-1177, 84-1641 and 84-1642.
James R. Hobson, Mitchell F. Brecher, and Richard McKenna, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor, GTE Corp., in Nos. 84-1178, 85-1148 and 85-1151.
Mary Jo Manning, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor, ROLM Corp., in No. 84-1177.
Gary C. Tucker, Michael L. Glaser, Denver, Colo., and Francis E. Fletcher, Jr., Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenors, Roseville Telephone Co., et al., in Nos. 84-1177, 85-1115, 85-1124, 85-1148 and 85-1151.
Alexander P. Humphrey, Washington, D.C., and Robert F. Heath, Princeton, N.J., entered appearances for intervenor, RCA Global Communications, Inc., in Nos. 84-1177 and 84-1641.
William B. Gundling, Hartford, Conn., entered an appearance for intervenor, Dept. of Public Utility Control of the State of Conn., in No. 84-1177.
John A. Ligon, New York City, entered an appearance for intervenor, U.S. Transmission Systems, Inc., in Nos. 84-1177, 84-1641, 85-1115, 85-1124, 85-1151, 85-1183 and 85-1204.
Joseph M. Kittner, James S. Blaszak and Timothy J. Cooney, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor, Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee, in Nos. 84-1177, 85-1151 and 85-1183.
Leo I. George, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenors, Telesphere Network, Inc. and U.S. Telephone, Inc., in No. 84-1177.
Kevin H. Cassidy, McLean, Va., Jeffrey Matsuura, Washington, D.C., J. Manning Lee, McLean, Va., William E. Willis, New York City, Margaret K. Pfeiffer and Robert B. Bell, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor, Satellite Business Systems, in Nos. 84-1177, 84-1641, 84-1642, 85-1115 and 85-1124.
Carolyn C. Hill, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor, United Telephone System, Inc., in Nos. 84-1177, 84-1641 and 84-1642.
John L. Bartlett, Michael Yourshaw and Robert J. Butler, Washington, D.C., entered...
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