Source: https://www.fcc.gov/print/node/59391
Timestamp: 2015-07-28 01:30:38
Document Index: 168622842

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 105', '§ 106', '§ 362', '§ 1291', '§ 1331', '§ 1332', '§ 1346', '§ 1491', '§ 2342', '§ 2401', '§ 2675', '§ 2680', '§ 3711', '§ 401', '§ 151', '§ 309', '§ 402', '§ 614', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 309', '§ 402', '§ 402']

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NOT YET SCHEDULED FOR ORAL ARGUMENT No. 13-5205 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ALPINE PCS, INC., Appellant, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al., Appellees. ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BRIEF OF APPELLEE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION STUART F. DELERY LLOYD H. RANDOLPH Assistant Attorney General (D.C. Bar #376009) Civil Division Of Counsel U.S. Department of Justice JACOB M. LEWIS P.O. Box 875 HILLARY B. BURCHUK Ben Franklin Station Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20044 lloyd.randolph@usdoj.gov [4] Voice: (202) 307-0356 Fax: (202) 307-0494 USCA Case #13-5205 Document #1467784 Filed: 11/25/2013 Page 2 of 38
Statutes 11 U.S.C. § 105 ............................................................................................................. 5 11 U.S.C. § 106 ........................................................................................................... 14 11 U.S.C. § 362 ............................................................................................................. 6 28 U.S.C. § 1291 ........................................................................................................... 1 28 U.S.C. § 1331 ........................................................................................................... 1 28 U.S.C. § 1332 ........................................................................................................... 1 28 U.S.C. § 1346 ............................................................................................... 1, 13, 19 28 U.S.C. § 1491 ................................................................................................... 13, 19 28 U.S.C. § 2342 ..................................................................................................... 9, 13 28 U.S.C. § 2401 ......................................................................................................... 21 28 U.S.C. § 2675 ......................................................................................................... 20 28 U.S.C. § 2680 ......................................................................................................... 20 31 U.S.C. § 3711 ................................................................................................... 14-15 39 U.S.C. § 401 ........................................................................................................... 14 47 U.S.C. § 151 ............................................................................................................. 2 47 U.S.C. § 309 ................................................................................................. 9, 13-14 47 U.S.C. § 402 ................................................................................................. 9-13, 17 47 U.S.C. § 614 ........................................................................................................... 14 Other Authorities 20 Am. Jur. 2d Covenants, Etc. § 1 (database updated 2013) .................................... 18 *47 C.F.R. § 1.2110 (2002) .................................................................................... 4, 17 Auction of AWS-1 and Broadband PCS Licenses Closes; Winning Bidders Announced For Auction 78, 23 FCC Rcd. 12749 (2008) .......................................... 6 Auction Of AWS-1 And Broadband PCS Licenses Scheduled For July 29, 2008; Comment Sought On Competitive Bidding Procedures For Auction 78, 23 FCC Rcd. 5484 (WTB 2008) ................................................................................ 5 In re Alpine PCS, Inc., 22 FCC Rcd. 1492 (WTB Jan. 29, 2007) ........................................................ 4, 5, 15 In re Alpine PCS, Inc., 23 FCC Rcd. 10485 (WTB 2008) .............................................................................. 5 *In re Alpine PCS, Inc., 25 FCC Rcd. 469 (FCC 2010) ............................................................... 4, 5, 7, 10, 15 U.S. Const., Art. III, § 1 .............................................................................................. 16 viii USCA Case #13-5205 Document #1467784 Filed: 11/25/2013 Page 9 of 38
GLOSSARY “Alpine”: appellant Alpine PCS, Inc. “Forum Choice Clause”: provision concerning jurisdiction and venue on “Auction”: FCC-conducted mechanism page 5 of the Notes for assigning right to use electromagnetic spectrum formerly “FTCA”: Federal Tort Claims Act assigned to Alpine “JA”: Joint Appendix “Automatic Cancellation Order”: In re Alpine PCS, Inc., 22 FCC Rcd. 1492 “License”: FCC’s conditional (WTB Jan. 29, 2007) authorization to use electromagnetic spectrum to offer wireless mobile “Bureau”: FCC’s Wireless phone and data services Telecommunications Bureau “Note”: Alpine’s written promise to pay “CFC”: United States Court of Federal FCC for License Claims “Security Agreement”: Alpine’s written “Complaint” or “Compl.”: Alpine’s contract pledging its FCC licenses to January 3, 2013 pleading FCC as security for its License-related debt to FCC “Dismissal Order”: district court’s June 3, 2013 order dismissing the “Subsection 309(j)”: 47 U.S.C. § 309(j) Complaint “Subsection 402(a)”: 47 U.S.C. § 402(a) “Dkt#”: district court docket entry number “Subsection 402(b)”: 47 U.S.C. § 402(b) “FCC”: appellee Federal “Tr.”: transcript of June 3, 2013 hearing Communications Commission before district court “FCC Order”: In re Alpine PCS, Inc., 25 “WTB”: FCC’s Wireless FCC Rcd. 469 (FCC 2010) Telecommunications Bureau ix USCA Case #13-5205 Document #1467784 Filed: 11/25/2013 Page 10 of 38
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ALPINE PCS, INC., Appellant, v. No. 13-5205
Appellees. BRIEF OF APPELLEE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT Plaintiff-appellant Alpine PCS, Inc. (“Alpine”) in