Legal Opinion
American Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Data Transmission Company, Intervenors
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 19, 1973No. 1115, Docket 73-1806PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
On this petition by American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) to review that part of an order 1 2 of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) which denied special permission to file occasional user tariff revisions applicable to AT&T’s private line service for transmission of television programs, the principal issue is whether the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act) authorizes the Commission to require AT&T to obtain special permission prior to filing such revised tariffs. We hold that it does not.
We grant the petition to review and we set aside the…
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