GLH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. FCC

No. 18-1176.

930 F.3d 449 (2019)

GLH COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Appellant v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Appellee

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Evans argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Keenan P. Adamchak , McLean, VA.

David M. Gossett , Deputy General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Thomas M. Johnson Jr. , General Counsel, Jacob M. Lewis , Associate General Counsel, and Pamela L. Smith , Counsel. Richard K. Welch , Deputy Associate General Counsel, entered an appearance.

Before: Rogers, Srinivasan, and Pillard, Circuit Judges.


In 2001, GLH Communications, Inc., a cellular telephone company, acquired a number of radio spectrum licenses from Leap Wireless International, another cellular telephone company. Leap had originally purchased a handful of those licenses from the Federal Communications Commission under an installment payment program. When...

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