Legal Opinion
Hawaiian Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 13, 1978No. Nos. 77-1533, 77-1544, 77-1722, 77-1723, 77-1555, 77-1556, 77-1557, 77-1658, 77-1659, 77-1660 and 77-1721PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Chief Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge:
This case involves eleven consolidated appeals in which appellants Hawaiian Telephone Company (HTC) and GTE Satellite Corporation (GSAT) seek review of three sets of orders of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that authorized construction and operation of satellite earth stations (and in one case a terrestrial microwave link) to transmit communications between the Mainland and Hawaii.1 The authorizations were granted upon application *127of American Satellite Corporation (ASC), Western Union…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Federal Communications Commission v. RCA Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Chuck Stone v. Federal Communications Commission, the Evening Star Broadcasting Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Hawaiian Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- California Interstate Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Western Union Telegraph Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
3Cited by3 opinions
- ITT World Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Itt World Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Hawaiian Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Rca American Communications, Inc., Intervenor. Gte Satellite Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, American Satellite Corporation, Intervenor. Gte Satellite Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Gte Satellite Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Western Union International, Inc. And American Satellite Corporation, Intervenors. Hawaiian Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, American Satellite Corporation, Intervenor. Hawaiian Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, American Satellite Corporation and Western Union International, Inc., Intervenors. Hawaiian Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Gte Satellite Corporation and Rca American Communications, Inc., Intervenors. Gte Satellite Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Rca American Communications, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978