U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., on Fri. dismissed WorldCom complaint ab...
U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., on Fri. dismissed WorldCom complaint about how FCC enforced pricing conditions in 1997 Bell Atlantic-Nynex merger (CD Nov 2 p7). WorldCom had accused FCC of arbitrarily dismissing WorldCom’s complaint against Bell Atlantic for violating requirement…
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to offer forward-looking prices to competitors. Court Fri. agreed with FCC that what WorldCom sought also was available through Sec. 252 of Telecom Act. “Because the FCC did not act unreasonably in declining to enforce the merger requirement in what amounts to a parallel and duplicative proceeding… we deny the petition for review,” wrote Judge David Sentelle. Chief Judge Douglas Ginsburg and Judge Raymond Randolph also sat on panel.