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p. 415UNITED STATES et a l. CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA et al. No. 94-1893. Argued December 6, 1995 Decided February 27, 1996[1]
Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for petitioners in both cases. With him on the briefs for petitioners in No. 94-1898 were Solicitor General Days, Acting Assistant Attorney General Phillips, Paul R. Q. Wolf son, Douglas N. Letter, Mark B. Stern, Bruce G. Forrest, William E. Kennard, and Christopher J. Wright. H. Bartow Farr III, Richard G. Taranto, Daniel L. Brenner, Neal M. Goldberg, and David L. Nicoll filed briefs for petitioner in No. 94-1900.
Laurence H. Tribe argued the cause for respondents in both cases. With him on the brief were Jonathan S. Massey, Peter J. Rubin, Mark L. Evans, Kenneth W. Starr, Paul T. Cappuccio, James R. Young, John Thorne, and Michael E. Glover.[2]
The judgment is vacated and the cases are remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for consideration of the question whether they are moot.