La Star Cellular Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications Commission, Bellsouth Mobility, Inc., Intervenors

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Appellant La Star Cellular Telephone Company is competing with NOCGSA for the right to operate as the wireline carrier offering cellular telephone service to St. Tammany Parish, which is part of the New Orleans MSA. The Federal Communications Commission has granted NOCGSA an interim operating license for St. Tammany Parish, effective until it reaches a final decision on the competing applications for a permanent license. In so doing, the Commission denied La Star’s request for such interim authority and…