Us West, Inc. v. United States

48 F.3d 1092 1995-1 Trade Cases P 71,053 US WEST, INC.; US West Communications; US West Multimedia Communications, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Washington Independent Telephone Association; Pacific Telecom, Inc. (PTI), and its Subsidiaries, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America; Federal Communications Commission; Janet Reno, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellants. No. 94-35775. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 15, 1994. Decided Dec. 30, 1994. Amended Feb. 17, 1995. Douglas Letter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellants. Louis R. Cohen and Lloyd N. Cutler, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellees. Deborah Johnson Harwood, Pacific Telecom, Inc., Vancouver, WA, for intervenor-appellee. Richard A. Finnigan, Vandeberg, Johnson & Gandara, Tacoma, WA, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee. Bruce D. Sokler, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, Washington, DC, for amicus. R. Bruce Easter, Jr., Davis Wright Temaine, Seattle, WA, for amicus. Kenneth S. Geller, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, for amicus. Appeal from the United States District Court…