Legal Opinion
MCI Cellular Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 29, 1984No. Nos. 83-1408, 83-1720PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.
STARR, Circuit Judge:
This case ushers the court once again into the burgeoning field of cellular telephone service. As we will see in greater detail below, two types of communications common carriers can provide such services: wireline carriers, namely, local telephone companies and their affiliates, and nonwireline carriers, consisting of virtually everyone else in the industry such as the petitioners here. The principal question presented by these consolidated petitions for review is whether the Federal Communications Commission may, in the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Weyerhaeuser Company v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, No. 76-1674Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, a Division of Tenneco, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Air New Zealand Limited v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Pan American World Airways, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by1 opinion
- MCI Cellular Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems of Pittsburgh, Inc., Gencom, Inc., Arts/post D.C. Cellular Systems & Arts/post Maryland Cellular Systems, Gte Mobilnet, Inc., Intervenors. Gencom, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, New Vector Communications, Inc., Get Mobilnet, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984