Legal Opinion
United States v. SBC Communications, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 29, 2007No. Civil Action 05-2102 (EGS), 05-2103(EGS)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SULLIVAN, District Judge.
In the span of a couple of weeks in early 2005, four of this nation’s largest telecommunications companies announced that they had agreed to merge, leaving only two companies in their place. Mergers of this magnitude have, as can be expected, engendered heated opposition, which has been reflected in the filings of numerous interested parties in this case. Arguments have been put forth regarding the mergers’ effects in several major industries, including residential telephone service, cellular telephone service, and internet services. This Court, however, is not…
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