Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., a New York Corp. v. Delta Commc'ns Corp., a Mississippi Corp., & Counter-Claimant-Appellant v. Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., Am. Broad. Companies, Inc., Nat'l Broad. Co., Inc., & S. Television Corp., Counter-Defendants-Appellees, 579 F.2d 972 (5th Cir. 1978). · Go Syfert
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Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., a New York Corp. v. Delta Commc'ns Corp., a Mississippi Corp., & Counter-Claimant-Appellant v. Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., Am. Broad. Companies, Inc., Nat'l Broad. Co., Inc., & S. Television Corp., Counter-Defendants-Appellees, 579 F.2d 972 (5th Cir. 1978). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
“he fact that the stations shared a common director is insufficient to raise any inference of improper action.”
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he fact that the stations shared a common director is insufficient to raise any inference of improper action.
cited Cited as authority (rule) The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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The Court in Louisiana Land I merely directed the Commission to consider whether “refunds should be recalculated as urged in the alternative motion.” 579 F.2d at 972.
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See also American Telephone and Telegraph Co. v. Delta Communications Corp., 408 F.Supp. 1075, 1106 (S.D.Miss.1976) aff’d per curiam, 579 F.2d 972 (5th Cir. 1978), modified on other grounds, 590 F.2d 100 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 926 , 100 S.Ct. 265 , 62 L.Ed.2d 182 (1979) (TV networks did not monopolize as they provided less than 50% of the network business); Yoder Brothers, Inc. v. California-Florida Plant Corp., 537 F.2d 1347 , 1368 (5th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1094 , 97 S.Ct. 1108 , 51 L.Ed.2d 540 (1977) (defendant not guilty of monopolization as a matter of law since …
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See, e.g., American Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Delta Communications Corporations, 579 F.2d 972 (5th Cir. 1978) adopting District Court’s opinion at 408 F.Supp. 1075, 1086 (S.D.Miss.1976) (“Although summary judgment is an available judicial tool in the [field of] antitrust area, Poller does warn that it should be cautiously used.”), aff'd on rehearing 590 F.2d 100 (1979); Scranton Construction Company v. Litton Industries Leasing Corporation, 494 F.2d 778, 781 (5th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1105 , 95 S.Ct. 774 , 42 L.Ed.2d 800 (1975) (footnote omitted) (“Bearing in mind…
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a New York Corporation
v.
Delta Communications Corporation, a Mississippi Corporation, and Counter-Claimant-Appellant v. American Telephone & Telegraph Company, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., National Broadcasting Company, Inc., and Southern Television Corporation, Counter-Defendants-Appellees
76-2095.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Sep 11, 1978.
579 F.2d 972
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579 F.2d 972

AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, a New York
Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
DELTA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Mississippi Corporation,
Defendant and Counter-Claimant-Appellant,
v.
AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY, American
Broadcasting Companies, Inc., National
Broadcasting Company, Inc., and Southern
Television Corporation,
Counter-Defendants-Appellees.

No. 76-2095.

United States Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit.

Sept. 11, 1978.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Charles Clark, Circuit Judge, sitting by designation.

Richard E. Wilbourn, Meridian, Miss., John C. Dawson, Robbin R. Dawson, A. A. White, Houston, Tex., for Delta Communications.

Alex A. Alston, Jr., Jackson, Miss., James H. Kelley and James R. Loftis, III, William R. Robertson, Washington, D. C., for American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

E. L. Brunini, Jackson, Miss., Phillip M. Hammett, Peter S. Greenberg, Philadelphia, Pa., for National Broadcasting Co.

Sherwood W. Wise, Thomas G. Lilly, Jackson, Miss., Timothy B. Dyk, James Robertson, Ronald J. Greene, Washington, D. C., for CBS, Inc.

George H. Butler, Lawrence J. Franck, Jackson, Miss., O. Winston Cameron, Meridian, Miss., Guerry R. Thornton, Altanta, Ga., John P. Fons, New York City, Alfred G. Walton, Bedminster, N. J., for American Tel. & Tel. Co.

Walter W. Eppes, Jr., Paul M. Neville, Meridian, Miss., for Southern Tel. Corp.

Before GEE, FAY and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

1

Upon a careful consideration of the record, briefs and oral arguments in this complex and difficult cause, we conclude that the opinion[1] and judgment of the district court are in every respect correct. We adopt that opinion as our own. For the reasons stated in it, the judgment below is

2

AFFIRMED.

1

Reported at 408 F.Supp. 1075 (1976)