Capital Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications Commission

In the midst of their continuing acrimony, the petitioners in this case are ephemerally allied against the Federal Communications Commission.1 Capital Telephone, Co., Inc., Tri-City Telephone Co., Inc. and Peter A. Bakal (“Capital”) petition for review of an FCC order dismissing virtually all of Capital’s latest claims against New York Telephone. Petitioner New York Telephone, in turn, asks us to reverse the portion of the order finding that New York Telephone engaged in anticompetitive conduct. Essentially for the reasons proffered by the FCC in its order, we deny both petitions. The…