Legal Opinion
Airadigm Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2008No. 07-2212, 07-2430, 07-2529PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Debtor-appellant, Airadigm Communications, Inc. is a cellular-service provider. In 1996, it successfully bid for fifteen personal communications services (“PCS”) licenses as part of an FCC auction and opted to pay off the licenses under an installment plan set up by the FCC. For Airadigm, however, the airwaves were too turbulent, and by 1999 it had filed for chapter-11 bankruptcy. Almost immediately, the FCC cancelled Airadigm’s PCS licenses and filed a proof of claim in bankruptcy court for the remaining amounts owed under the installment plan. The ensuing reorganization…
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