UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AT&T INC. et al

Filing 97

Joint MOTION to Stay & Proposed Order by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Hammond, Matthew)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al.,
Plaintiffs,

Civil Action No. 11-01560 (ESH)

v.
AT&T INC. et al.,
Defendants.

JOINT MOTION TO STAY
Plaintiffs and Defendants respectfully move for entry of the attached proposed Order
staying this action.

Dated this 12th day of December 2011.
Respectfully submitted:
FOR PLAINTIFFS:

Richard L. Schwartz
Geralyn J. Trujillo
Mary Ellen Burns
Keith H. Gordon
Matthew D. Siegel
Counsel for the State of New York
David M. Kerwin
Jonathan A. Mark
Counsel for the State of Washington
Quyen D. Toland
Ben Labow
Counsel for the State of California
Robert W. Pratt
Chadwick O. Brooker
Counsel for the State of Illinois

/s/ Joseph F. Wayland
Joseph F. Wayland
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
/s/ Matthew C. Hammond
Matthew C. Hammond
Laury E. Bobbish
Claude F. Scott, Jr. (D.C. Bar #414906)
Kenneth M. Dintzer
Christine A. Hill (D.C. Bar #461048)
U.S. Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 7000
Washington, D.C. 20530
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Counsel for the United States of America

William T. Matlack
Michael P. Franck
Counsel for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Jessica L. Brown
Counsel for the State of Ohio
James A. Donahue, III
Joseph S. Betsko
Counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
José G. Díaz-Tejera
Nathalia Ramos-Martínez
Counsel for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

FOR DEFENDANTS:

/s/ Mark C. Hansen
Mark C. Hansen, D.C. Bar # 425930
Michael K. Kellogg, D.C. Bar # 372049
Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd,
Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.
1615 M Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
[phone]
Richard L. Rosen, D.C. Bar # 307231
Donna E. Patterson, D.C. Bar # 358701
Arnold & Porter LLP
555 Twelfth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004-1206
[phone]
Wm. Randolph Smith, D.C. Bar # 356402
Kathryn D. Kirmayer, D.C. Bar # 424699
Crowell & Moring, LLP
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
[phone]
Counsel for AT&T Inc.

George S. Cary, D.C. Bar # 285411
Mark W. Nelson, D.C. Bar # 442461
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
[phone]
Richard G. Parker, D.C. Bar # 327544
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
[phone]
Counsel for T-Mobile USA, Inc. and
Deutsche Telekom AG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al.,
Plaintiffs,

Civil Action No. 11-01560 (ESH)

v.
AT&T INC. et al.,
Defendants.

[PROPOSED] ORDER
Upon agreement of the parties, it is hereby ORDERED that this action be stayed and that
all pretrial and trial deadlines established under prior Orders of the Court be vacated, including the
hearing in this action previously scheduled for December 15, 2011.
It is further ORDERED that a status conference shall be held in this action on January 18,
2012 at 2 p.m. to address the course of any further proceedings in this action.
It is further ORDERED that Defendants shall file with the Court by noon on January 12,
2012 a status report describing the status of their proposed transaction, including discussion of
whether they intend to proceed with the transaction at issue in this litigation, whether they intend
to proceed with another transaction, the status of any related proceedings at the Federal
Communications Commission, and their anticipated plans and timetable for seeking any necessary
approval from the Federal Communications Commission.

SO ORDERED this _____ day of December, 2011.
BY THE COURT:
__________________________________________
Ellen S. Huvelle
U.S. District Judge