United States v. AT&T (1982)

U.S. v. AT&T (1982)
CourtUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia
Full case name United States of America v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co., et al.
DecidedAugust 24, 1982
Citation552 F.Supp. 131
Holding
The Sherman Antitrust Act enabled the United States government to break up the AT&T telephone monopoly into seven smaller companies.
Court membership
Judge sittingHarold H. Greene
Laws applied
Sherman Antitrust Act

United States v. AT&T, 552 F.Supp. 131 (1982), was a ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, that led to the 1984 Bell System divestiture, and the breakup of the old AT&T natural monopoly into seven regional Bell operating companies and a much smaller new version of AT&T.

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