An Antitrust Suit to Break up AT&T

11/20/1974
Logo style of Bell System affiliated companies from 1921 to 1969.

Logo style of Bell System affiliated companies from 1921 to 1969.

On November 20, 1974 the U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit for the breakup of American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T), alleging anticompetitive behavior.

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