United States v. AT&T (2019)
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For the 1982 lawsuit of the same name, see United States v. AT&T (1982).
For the 2011 lawsuit of the same name, see Attempted purchase of T-Mobile USA by AT&T.
United States v. AT&T, 916 F.3d 1029 (2019), was a ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,[1] which prevented the U.S. government from blocking a merger between AT&T and Time Warner, thus creating the WarnerMedia conglomerate. The court found that regulators were unable to prove harm to consumers per the requirements of United States antitrust law.[2]
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U.S. v. AT&T (2019) | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
Full case name | United States of America v. AT&T Inc., et al. |
Argued | December 6, 2018 |
Decided | February 26, 2019 |
Citation(s) | 916 F.3d 1029 |
Case history | |
Prior history | 310 F.Supp.3d 161 (D.D.C., 2018) |
Holding | |
The U.S. government was unable to prove that the takeover of TimeWarner by AT&T was harmful to competition or consumer welfare. | |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Judith W. Rogers, Robert L. Wilkins, David B. Sentelle |
Laws applied | |
Antitrust law |
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