United States v. AT&T (2019)
| U.S. v. AT&T (2019) | |
|---|---|
| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Full case name | United States of America v. AT&T Inc., et al. |
| Argued | December 6, 2018 |
| Decided | February 26, 2019 |
| Citation | 916 F.3d 1029 |
| Case history | |
| Prior history | 310 F.Supp.3d 161 (D.D.C., 2018) |
| Holding | |
| The U.S. government was unable to prove that the takeover of TimeWarner by AT&T was harmful to competition or consumer welfare. | |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Judith W. Rogers, Robert L. Wilkins, David B. Sentelle |
| Laws applied | |
| Antitrust law | |
United States v. AT&T, 916 F.3d 1029 (2019), was a ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which prevented the U.S. government from blocking a merger between AT&T and Time Warner, thus creating the WarnerMedia conglomerate. The court found that regulators were unable to prove harm to consumers per the requirements of United States antitrust law.