Legal Opinion
Council Tree Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 28, 2007No. 06-2943PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a challenge to two orders of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) enacting new rules regarding competitive bidding for wireless communications spectrum licenses. Petitioners assert that the new rules are invalid and that an auction conducted pursuant to those rules must be nullified. For the reasons that follow, the petition for review must be dismissed because it is incurably premature.
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The Communications Act of 1934 directs the FCC to design a system to allocate spectrum licenses by “establishing] a competitive bidding…
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