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                                                          Before the 
               Federal Communications Commission
                    Washington, D.C.  20554


Midstates Telecommunications, Inc.,          )    
                                )
     Complainant,                  )
                                )
          v.                    )
                                )
               AT&T Corp. and                  )       File No. E-97-35    
MCI Telecommunications Corporation,     )         File No. E-97-36
                                )
     Defendants.                   )


                              ORDER


     Adopted:  September 16, 1997       ;         Released:  September 18, 1997

By the Chief, Formal Complaints and Investigations Branch, Enforcement Division, 
Common Carrier Bureau:

     1.   On June 23, 1997, Midstates Telecommunications, Inc. ("Midstates") filed the above-
captioned formal complaints against AT&T Corp. ("AT&T") and MCI Telecommunications Corporation
("MCI"), alleging violations of Section 201(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.
 201(b).  On August 11, 1997, AT&T filed a motion to dismiss and MCI filed an answer denying the
allegations.  

     2.   On September 12, 1997, Midstates filed a motion requesting that the above-captioned
complaints be dismissed with prejudice.  In support of this motion, Midstates reports that AT&T and MCI
do not oppose this request.  

     3.   We are satisfied that granting Midstates' motion to dismiss the above-captioned complaints
will serve the public interest by eliminating the need for further litigation and the expenditure of further time
and resources by the parties and by the Commission.

     4.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), and 208 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 154(i), 154(j), 208, and the authority delegated
in Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, that Midstates' September
12, 1997, motion to dismiss the above-captioned complaints IS GRANTED.

     5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that AT&T's August 11, 1997, motion to dismiss IS
DISMISSED as moot.

     6.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned complaints ARE DISMISSED WITH
PREJUDICE and that each proceeding IS TERMINATED.

                                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                                Kurt A. Schroeder
                                Chief, Formal Complaints and
                                Investigations Branch
                                                         Enforcement Division
                                Common Carrier Bureau