Legal Opinion
BellSouth Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 8, 1999No. 97-1630, 97-1631PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
In 1994, the Federal Communications Commission established a 45 MHz spectrum cap on commercial mobile radio sendees (“CMRS”) that limited the total amount of cellular, broadband personal communication service (“PCS”), and specialized mobile radio (“SMR”) spectrum that a given entity could accumulate. See 9 F.C.C.R. 7988, 7999, para. 16. Because BellSouth 1 had an ownership interest in RAM Mobile Data USA, L.P., a holder of SMR licenses, BellSouth’s combined CMRS spectrum holdings prevented it from acquiring two 10 MHz…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for BroadcastingSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Federal Communications Commission v. WNCN Listeners GuildSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Wait Radio, a Co-Partnership v. Federal Communications Commission, Midwest Radio-Television, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Thomas Radio Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Melcher v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
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