Modification of Final Judgment
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The Modification of Final Judgment was a 1982 antitrust consent decree that restructured AT&T and created the Regional Bell Operating Companies by separating local telephone service from long-distance and equipment operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Modification of Final Judgment canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7492221 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Modification of Final Judgment Context triple: [Regional Bell Operating Companies, legalBasis, Modification of Final Judgment]
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A.
Judgment
"Judgment" is a 1982 American television drama film written by Tom Topor that explores the emotional and legal turmoil surrounding a family's lawsuit against the Catholic Church over child sexual abuse.
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B.
Revised Rules of Civil Procedure
The Revised Rules of Civil Procedure is a codified set of procedural rules governing how civil cases are filed, tried, and resolved in Philippine courts.
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C.
Act of Appeals
The Act of Appeals was a pivotal 1533 English law that ended papal authority over legal appeals and helped enable Henry VIII’s break from the Roman Catholic Church.
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D.
Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure
The Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure is the codified set of procedural rules governing the conduct, prosecution, and adjudication of criminal cases in Philippine courts.
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E.
Part 8: Appeal and Revision
Part 8: Appeal and Revision is the section of the Rome Statute that sets out the procedures and grounds for challenging, reviewing, or modifying decisions of the International Criminal Court.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Modification of Final Judgment Target entity description: The Modification of Final Judgment was a 1982 antitrust consent decree that restructured AT&T and created the Regional Bell Operating Companies by separating local telephone service from long-distance and equipment operations.
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A.
Judgment
"Judgment" is a 1982 American television drama film written by Tom Topor that explores the emotional and legal turmoil surrounding a family's lawsuit against the Catholic Church over child sexual abuse.
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B.
Revised Rules of Civil Procedure
The Revised Rules of Civil Procedure is a codified set of procedural rules governing how civil cases are filed, tried, and resolved in Philippine courts.
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C.
Act of Appeals
The Act of Appeals was a pivotal 1533 English law that ended papal authority over legal appeals and helped enable Henry VIII’s break from the Roman Catholic Church.
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D.
Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure
The Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure is the codified set of procedural rules governing the conduct, prosecution, and adjudication of criminal cases in Philippine courts.
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E.
Part 8: Appeal and Revision
Part 8: Appeal and Revision is the section of the Rome Statute that sets out the procedures and grounds for challenging, reviewing, or modifying decisions of the International Criminal Court.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States antitrust case
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antitrust consent decree ⓘ |
| allowed |
AT&T to retain equipment manufacturing through Western Electric
ⓘ
AT&T to retain long-distance operations ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
AT&T breakup decree
ⓘ
MFJ ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| created | Regional Bell Operating Companies ⓘ |
| date | 1982 ⓘ |
| defendant | American Telephone and Telegraph Company ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | January 1, 1984 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division ⓘ |
| enteredAs | consent decree ⓘ |
| goal |
promote competition in long-distance telecommunications
ⓘ
reduce AT&T monopoly power ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
landmark U.S. antitrust settlement
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major restructuring of U.S. telephone system ⓘ |
| impact |
deregulation of U.S. telecommunications
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increased competition in long-distance markets ⓘ structural separation of local and long-distance services ⓘ |
| imposedObligationOn | AT&T to divest local exchange carriers ⓘ |
| imposedRestrictionOn | Regional Bell Operating Companies manufacturing telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
| imposedRestrictionOn | Regional Bell Operating Companies providing long-distance service ⓘ |
| judge | Harold H. Greene ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal antitrust law ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ |
| legalForm | final judgment in antitrust case ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy | United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| negotiatedWith | AT&T ⓘ |
| originatedFrom |
United States v. AT&T antitrust case
ⓘ
linked to:
United States v. AT&T
|
| plaintiff | United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
AT&T Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
AT&T
Bell System divestiture ⓘ
linked to:
United States v. AT&T
Regional Bell Operating Company ⓘ
linked to:
Regional Bell Operating Companies
|
| requiredDivestitureOf |
AT&T Bell Operating Companies
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linked to:
Bell Operating Companies
AT&T local exchange service operations ⓘ |
| restructured | AT&T ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
breakup of the Bell System
ⓘ
linked to:
United States v. AT&T
creation of seven original Regional Bell Operating Companies ⓘ |
| sector | telecommunications industry ⓘ |
| separated |
local telephone service
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long-distance service ⓘ telephone equipment operations ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
interexchange (long-distance) service markets
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local exchange service markets ⓘ telecommunications monopoly ⓘ |
| typeOfRemedy | structural remedy ⓘ |
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Subject: Modification of Final Judgment Description of subject: The Modification of Final Judgment was a 1982 antitrust consent decree that restructured AT&T and created the Regional Bell Operating Companies by separating local telephone service from long-distance and equipment operations.
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