Harold H. Greene
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Harold H. Greene (1924-2000) is best known for his role as a U.S. district judge, where he presided over the antitrust suit that broke up the AT&T vertical market monopoly on the telecommunications industry in the United States. The case, one of Greene’s first after being named to the bench, resulted in the 1982 consent decree between AT&T and the Federal Trade Commission. The consent decree, later amended and usually called the modified final judgement (MFJ), provided for the spinoff of the regional bell operating companies (RBOCs). The conclusion of the case freed AT&T to enter the computer industry, from which it had previously been barred, leading to commercial distribution of the UNIX operating system.
