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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,    

                  Plaintiff,

                  v.

CONCERT PLC and
MCI COMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION,

                  Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 94-1317 (TFH)

Filed 4/14/99


MOTION TO ENTER ORDER TERMINATING MODIFIED FINAL JUDGMENT

Plaintiff United States of America moves this Court to enter the order terminating the Modified Final Judgment entered in this case, and in support of this motion, states as follows:

1. On December 23, 1998, MCI WorldCom and BT moved to terminate the Modified Final Judgment entered by this Court on September 16, 1997.

2. The United States tentatively agreed to the termination subject to the following conditions:

  1. that MCI WorldCom publish at its own expense a notice of the motion, the reasons therefor, and the opportunity to file comments thereon, in two consecutive issues of (1) The Wall Street Journal and (2) Communications Week International, and file proof of such publication with the Court;

  2. that the United States publish a notice of the motion, the reasons therefor, and the opportunity to file comments thereon, in the Federal Register;

  3. that copies of all comments received by the United States within sixty (60) days after the last publication of notices, and the United States' response thereto, be filed with the Court within a reasonable period; and

  4. that the Court would not rule upon the motion before the seventieth (70th) day following the last publication of notices.

3. The United States did not receive any comments within the sixty (60) day comment period. Consequently, the United States did not file any response to comments.

4. As of the date of this motion, all of the foregoing conditions have been fulfilled.

A proposed Order Terminating Modified Final Judgment is attached to this motion.

Respectfully submitted,

FOR PLAINTIFF
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

_______________/s/________________
DONALD J. RUSSELL
Chief
Telecommunications Task Force

_______________/s/________________
YVETTE BENGUEREL
Attorney
Telecommunications Task Force
D.C. Bar #442452

_______________/s/________________
LAURY E. BOBBISH
Assistant Chief
Telecommunications Task Force

United States Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
1401 H Street, N.W., Suite 8000
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 514-5808

Dated: April 14, 1999