PLMRS NARROWBAND CORP. v. F.C.C.

Nos. 92-1432, 92-1440, 97-1329, 97-1330, 97-1339 and 97-1340.

182 F.3d 995 (1999)

PLMRS NARROWBAND CORP., Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Thomas Carroccio argued the causes for petitioners/appellants and filed the briefs for petitioner/appellant Columbia Capital Corporation.

Richard S. Becker, James S. Finerfrock and Jeffrey E. Rummel were on the briefs for petitioner/appellant PLMRS Narrowband Corp.

K. Michele Walters, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Robert B. Nicholson and Marion Jetton, Attorneys, Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, John E. Ingle, Deputy Associate General Counsel, and Laurel R. Bergold, Counsel.

Before: GINSBURG, RANDOLPH, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

In 1991 the Federal Communications Commission proposed to grant by lottery four licenses, each comprising several land mobile radio channels in the 220-222 MHz range, designated for nationwide, noncommercial use; that is, the chosen licensee could use the channels for its own internal communications needs but generally could not lease the channels to others. See Amendment of...

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