Legal Opinion

United States v. Western Electric Co.

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided December 3, 1987No. Civ. A. 82-0192PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are (1) questions regarding the meaning of the term “manufacture” in section 11(D)(2) of the decree, and (2) issues relating to enforcement of the decree.

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Background

In April of 1985, 1 AT & T 2 filed with the Department of Justice requests for enforcement of the decree’s prohibition on Regional Company manufacturing of telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment. 3 For more than two years, the Department did not respond to the requests; it did not take enforcement action; and it did not inform the Court that the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
  3. United States v. Western Elec. Co., Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
  4. Leon White v. C. Vaughn RoughtonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  5. United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1981

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. United States v. Western Elec. Co., Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1988
  2. United States v. Western Electric Company Appeal of Pacific Telesis GroupCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990

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