Source: http://www.fcc.gov/print/node/43662
Timestamp: 2014-08-28 15:54:40
Document Index: 470699428

Matched Legal Cases: ['Case No: 01', 'Case No: 04', 'Case No: 06', 'Case No: 06', 'Case No: 11', 'Case No: 11', 'Case No: 11']

Updated: December 6, 2012 LIST OF PENDING APPELLATE CASES Name: Ion Media Chicago License, Inc. v. FCC Case No: 01-1457 Court: District of Columbia Circuit FCC Order Description: In re: Paxson Chicago License, Inc. v. 21st Century TV Cable, Inc., et al., DA 01-149, 16 FCC Rcd 2185 and Paxson Chicago License, Inc. v. 21st Century TV Cable, Inc., et al., 16 FCC Rcd 15571 (2001). Not docketed. FCC Order No. 01-226 Case Description: Paxson challenges the FCC’s denial of its “must carry” complaints against thirteen Chicago cable operators on the basis of a finding that no current FCC rules require mandatory carriage of both a broadcaster’s digital and analog signal among other things. Status: Held in abeyance. Name: EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. v. FCC Case No: 04-1033 Court: District of Columbia Circuit FCC Order Description: In re: implementation of Section 302 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, et al., 18 FCC Rcd 20885 and Order on Reconsideration, 18 FCC Rcd 27059 (2003). FCC Docket No. CS 97-80 and PP 00-67. FCC Order No. 03-329. Case Description: Petitioner Challenges the FCC order which adopted regulations to facilitate the direct connection of digital “navigation devices” or customer premises equipment purchased from retail outlets to cable TV and other multichannel video programming distributor systems. Status: Motion to Govern Further Proceedings granted by September 30, 2011 Order. Initial brief filed February 16, 2012 and final brief filed March 30, 2012. Oral Argument held September 14, 2012. Name: James A. Kay, Jr., et al. v. FCC Case No: 06-1076 Court: District of Columbia Circuit FCC Order Description: In re: improving public safety communications in the 800 MHz band, 22 FCC Rcd 10467 (2007) and previous underlying orders. FCC Docket No. WT 02-55, et al. FCC Order No. 05-174, et al. Case Description: Petitioners challenge the FCC’s decisions restructuring the 800 MHz band to reduce radiofrequency interference to public safety systems. Among other things, they claim that the decisions unfairly discriminate between similarly situated parties. Status: Held in abeyance. Name: Sprint Nextel Corporation v. FCC Case No: 06-1278 Court: District of Columbia Circuit FCC Order Description: In re: review of the spectrum sharing plan among non-geostationary satellite orbit mobile satellite service systems in the 1.6/2.4 GHz bands, 19 FCC Rcd 13356 (2004), et al. FCC Docket No. WT 03-66, et al. FCC Order No. 04-134 and 06-46. Case Description: Petitioner seeks review of the FCC’s orders in which the FCC adopted a plan for spectrum sharing among operators in the 2495-2690 MHz bands. Status: Held in abeyance. 2
Name: PMCM TV, LLC v. FCC Case No: 11-1330 Court: D.C. Cir. FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Reallocation of Channel 2 from Jackson, Wyoming to Wilmington, Delaware and Reallocation of Channel 3 from Ely, Nevada to Middletown Township, New Jersey (Sept. 15, 2011). Not Docketed. FCC Order No. 11-135 Case Description: Appeal from Commission decision denying a request from licensees of two television stations operating on channels currently allocated to communities in Wyoming and Nevada to reallocate those channels to communities in Delaware and New Jersey pursuant to Section 331(a) of the Communications Act. Status: Notice of Appeal filed September 19, 2011. Record filed November 7, 2011. Brief filed February 2, 2012. Oral Argument held October 18, 2012. Name: Verizon v. FCC Case No: 11-1355 Court: D.C. Cir. FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Preserving the Open Internet; Broadband Industry Practices (rel. Dec. 23, 2010) FCC 10-201; GN Docket No. 09-191; WC Docket No. 07-52.C. Cir. Case Description: Verizon challenges the Commission's implementation of rules safeguarding the openness of the Internet. Status: Notice of Appeal filed September 30, 2011. Notice of Multicircuit Petitions for Review filed October 5, 2011. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation randomly selected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in which to consolidate these petitions for review on October 6, 2011. Initial brief filed September 10, 2012. Court order dated July 3, 2012 granted Voluntary Dismissal of Case No. 11-1411 (Free Press). Final brief due January 3, 2013. 6
Name: Verizon v. FCC Case No: 11-1356 Court: D.C. Cir. FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Preserving the Open Internet; Broadband Industry Practices (rel. Dec. 23, 2010) FCC 10-201; GN Docket No. 09-191; WC Docket No. 07-52 Case Description: Verizon challenges the Commission's implementation of rules safeguarding the openness of the Internet. Status: Petition for Review filed September 30, 2011. Notice of Multicircuit Petitions for Review filed Octobe