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DC Circuit Affirms District Court Ruling Clearing AT&T Buy of Time Warner

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit panel sided with AT&T in upholding a lower court judgment that approved AT&T's buy of Time Warner over DOJ opposition. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling is affirmed, said the judgment (in Pacer) of Judges Judith Rogers, Robert Wilkins and David Sentelle in USA v. AT&T, No. 18-5214.

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The opinion was unanimous. It (in Pacer) was written by Rogers. Some had told us to expect such an outcome.

AT&T and DOJ didn't comment right away in the minutes after the decision was issued.