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United States Certificate of Compliance with the Provisions of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,    

                  Plaintiff,

                  v.

MERCURY PCS II, L.L.C.

                  Defendant.
 


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CIVIL ACTION NO. 98-2751(PLF)

PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR
ENTRY OF THE FINAL JUDGEMENT

 

UNITED STATES' CERTIFICATE OF
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE
ANTITRUST PROCEDURES AND PENALTIES ACT

Plaintiff, United States of America, hereby certifies that it has complied with the provisions of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16(b)-(h), and states:

1. The proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement were filed with the Court on November 10, 1998.

2. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 16(b), the Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement were published in the Federal Register on November 25, 1998 (63 Fed. Reg. 227).

3. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 16(b), the United States furnished to requesting parties copies of the Competitive Impact Statement, as well as copies of the Complaint and the proposed Final Judgment.

4. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 16(c), a summary of the terms of the proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement were published in the Washington Post, a newspaper of general circulation in the District of Columbia, during the period November 19, 1998 through November 25, 1998.

5. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 16(g), the defendant filed with the Court a Statement of Communications describing communications by or on behalf of the defendant relating to the proposed Final Judgment with officers or employees of the United States.

6. The 60-day period provided by 15 U.S.C. § 16(d) for the submission of public comments expired on January 25, 1999.

7. The United States received and responded to one comment on the proposed Final Judgment. The comment and the response were filed with the Court on March 9, 1999, and published in the Federal Register on March 19, 1999, Volume 64, No. 19, beginning on page 13598.

8. Pursuant to the Stipulation and Order filed on November 10, 1998, and 15 U.S.C. § 16(e), the Court may enter the Final Judgment after it determines that the Judgment serves the public interest.

9. Plaintiff's Competitive Impact Statement demonstrates that the proposed Final Judgment satisfies the public interest standard of 15 U.S.C. § 16(e).

10. Plaintiff requests that this Court enter the Final Judgment without further hearings and is authorized by counsel for the defendant to state that the defendant joins in this request.

Dated this 27th day of April, 1999.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________/s/________________
Jill Ptacek
J. Richard Doidge
U. S. Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
325 7th Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20530
(202)307-6607

Updated April 18, 2023