Legal Opinion
Vermont National Telephone Company v. Northstar Wireless, LLC
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 9, 2023No. Civil Action No. 2015-0728Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel. VERMONT NATIONAL TELEPHONE CO., Plaintiff-Relator, Civil Action No. 15-0728 (CKK) v. NORTHSTAR WIRELESS LLC, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION (November 9, 2023) In this qui tam action, Plaintiff-Relator Vermont National Telephone Company (“Vermont Telephone”) alleges that DISH Network and its affiliates (collectively, “Defendants”) 1 manipulated the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) auction rules to secure fraudulent small business discounts on wireless-spectrum licenses. These…
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