UIC Law Review Volume 15 Issue 3 Article 1 Summer 1982 The At&T Agreement: Reorganization of the Telecommunications Industry and Conflicts with Illinois Law, 15 J. Marshall L. Rev. 563 (1982) Frederic D. Tennenbaum Michael P. Hurst Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.law.uic.edu/lawreview Part of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Commons, Communications Law Commons, Consumer Protection Law Commons, Contracts Commons, State and Local Government Law Commons, and the Supreme Court of the United States Commons Recommended Citation Frederic D. Tennenbaum, The At&T Agreement: Reorganization of the Telecommunications Industry and Conflicts with Illinois Law, 15 J. Marshall L. Rev. 563 (1982) https://repository.law.uic.edu/lawreview/vol15/iss3/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UIC Law Open Access Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in UIC Law Review by an authorized administrator of UIC Law Open Access Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE AT&T AGREEMENT: REORGANIZATION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY & CONFLICTS WITH ILLINOIS LAW FREDRIC D. TANNENBAUM* & MICHAEL P. HURST** INTRODUCTION*** On January 8, 1982, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) signed a stipulation,1 seeking to dismiss the largest anti- trust case in history.2 Under the proposed stipulation, the DOJ's suit against AT&T would be dismissed without prejudice and the provisions of the 1956 consent decree would be substantially * Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, Public Utility Division; J.D. University of Wisconsin, 1981; B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, eco- nomics, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1978.