Pacific Telesis Group v. United States

48 F.3d 1106 1995-1 Trade Cases P 71,054 PACIFIC TELESIS GROUP; Pacific Bell; Nevada Bell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al.; Federal Communications Commission; Janet Reno, Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees, and California Cable Television Association, Intervenor-Appellee. No. 94-16064. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 15, 1994. Decided Dec. 30, 1994. Michael K. Kellogg, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen & Todd, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants. Douglas Letter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Bruce D. Sokler, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, Washington, DC, for intervenor-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, James Ware, District Judge, Presiding. Before: ALARCON and HALL, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: 1 This case involves a First Amendment challenge to 47 U.S.C. Sec. 533 (b), the telephone company--cable television cross-ownership prohibition. The district court stayed the proceedings pending resolution by this court of GTE California, Inc. v. Federal…