Legal Opinion
MCI Communications Corporation and MCI Telecommunications Corporation v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 1, 1983No. 19-3260PublishedCited by 488 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
In this extraordinary antitrust case,1 defendant American Telephone and Telegraph Company (“AT & T”) appeals from a judgment in the amount of $1.8 billion, entered on a jury verdict, in a treble damage suit brought by plaintiffs MCI Communications Corporation and MCI Telecommunications Corporation (collectively “MCI”) under section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15 (1976).2
I. FACTS
MCI’s original complaint, filed March 6, 1974, contained four separate counts: monopolization, attempt to monopolize, and conspiracy to monopolize — all under section 2 of the Sherman Act3 —…
2Cases cited173 opinions
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by488 opinions
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- Marvin L. Fishman and Illinois Basketball, Inc. v. Estate of Arthur M. Wirtz, and Illinois Basketball, Inc. v. Estate of Arthur M. WirtzCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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