Legal Opinion
United States v. Western Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 15, 1986No. Nos. 86-5118, 86-5163 and 86-5164PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a number of questions arising from the 1982 antitrust consent decree under which American Telephone and Telegraph Company (“AT & T”) was divested of the Bell operating companies (“BOCs”) — the twenty-two AT & T subsidiaries engaged in the business of providing local telephone service. The consent decree provided for the creation of seven regional holding companies (“RHCs”) to own and operate the BOCs,1 and it subjected the BOCs to stringent line-of-business restrictions. The district court has been…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. Western Electric Company, Inc. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Bellsouth Corporation, Bell Atlantic CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Western Elec. Co., Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1987
- United States v. Western Electric Company, Inc., Bell Atlantic CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Western Electric Co., Inc. Pacific Telesis Group, American Information Technologies Corp., New York Telephone Co. Intervenors. United States of America v. Western Electric Co., Inc. Us West, Inc., American Information Technologies Corp., New York Telephone Co. MCI Communications Corporation, Intervenors. United States of America v. Western Electric Co., Inc. Bell AtlanticCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Justice v. CSX Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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