Modification of Final Judgment
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The Modification of Final Judgment was a 1982 antitrust consent decree that restructured AT&T and created the Regional Bell Operating Companies by separating local telephone service from long-distance and equipment operations.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States antitrust case
ⓘ
antitrust consent decree ⓘ |
| allowed |
AT&T to retain equipment manufacturing through Western Electric
ⓘ
AT&T to retain long-distance operations ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
AT&T breakup decree
ⓘ
MFJ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | United States District Court for the District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| created | Regional Bell Operating Companies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 1982 ⓘ |
| defendant | American Telephone and Telegraph Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | January 1, 1984 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredAs | consent decree ⓘ |
| goal |
promote competition in long-distance telecommunications
ⓘ
reduce AT&T monopoly power ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
landmark U.S. antitrust settlement
ⓘ
major restructuring of U.S. telephone system ⓘ |
| impact |
deregulation of U.S. telecommunications
ⓘ
increased competition in long-distance markets ⓘ structural separation of local and long-distance services ⓘ |
| imposedObligationOn | AT&T to divest local exchange carriers ⓘ |
| imposedRestrictionOn | Regional Bell Operating Companies manufacturing telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
| imposedRestrictionOn | Regional Bell Operating Companies providing long-distance service ⓘ |
| judge | Harold H. Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal antitrust law ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Sherman Antitrust Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalForm | final judgment in antitrust case ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy | United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| negotiatedWith | AT&T NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | United States v. AT&T antitrust case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plaintiff | United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
AT&T Corporation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bell System divestiture NERFINISHED ⓘ Regional Bell Operating Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiredDivestitureOf |
AT&T Bell Operating Companies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
AT&T local exchange service operations ⓘ |
| restructured | AT&T NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
breakup of the Bell System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
creation of seven original Regional Bell Operating Companies ⓘ |
| sector | telecommunications industry ⓘ |
| separated |
local telephone service
ⓘ
long-distance service ⓘ telephone equipment operations ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
interexchange (long-distance) service markets
ⓘ
local exchange service markets ⓘ telecommunications monopoly ⓘ |
| typeOfRemedy | structural remedy ⓘ |
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