DC Circuit Rejects Challenges to C-Band Clearing Order
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied petitions for review of the FCC C-band clearing order, said a one-page judgment (docket 20-1142, in Pacer) by Judges Robert Wilkins, Gregory Katsas and Justin Walker. The court said Tuesday…
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an opinion will be filed later. Oral argument was in October (see 2010280040). The court dismissed an SES appeal and petition for review. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai tweeted praise for the denial, saying the court "flatly rejected claims that we had no authority. And had we waited for Congress, as short-sighted partisan critics demanded, we'd still be at square one."