Legal Opinion
Cellular Mobile Systems of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, MCI Cellular Telephone Company, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 20, 1985No. 84-1131PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.
STARR, Circuit Judge:
Cellular telephone service continues its slow march from the regulatory arena to the marketplace. On March 6,1984, thirty-five years after the Federal Communications Commission first allocated a small band of the radio spectrum for the development of common carrier mobile radio communications and over one year after the grant of licenses to wireline carriers, the first nonwireline cellular telephone comparative proceedings were decided by the Commission. In this case (Pittsburgh) and its companion case, Cellular Mobile…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- National Broadcasting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Greater Boston Television Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Storer Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by26 opinions
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