Legal Opinion

In Re Federal Communications Commission

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 25, 2000No. 992, Docket 99-5063PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Hardin, B.J. ). On February 7, 2000, the bankruptcy court issued an order prohibiting the FCC from re-auctioning spectrum licenses previously held by debtor NextWave Personal Communications, Inc. (“NextWave”). The FCC argues that the bankruptcy court’s order violated this Court’s mandate, expressed in In re NextWave Personal Com munications, Inc., 200 F.3d 43 (2d Cir.1999) (Ne xtWave Appeal), which held…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Will v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Gene A. Folden, Coastal Communications Associates, and Judith A. Longshore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
  2. Federal Communications Commission v. Nextwave Personal Communications Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Hong Mai Sa v. DoeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
  4. In re W.R. Grace & Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 2012
  5. NextWave Personal Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2001

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