Case Status

ARCTIC SLOPE CORP., ET AL. v. NextWAVE COM., INC., ET AL. (28163)

    Order dated: 03/04/02
    Docket number: 01-657
    Action:
        is granted. The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.

ARCTIC SLOPE CORP., ET AL. v. NextWAVE COM., INC., ET AL. (28163)

    Order dated: 06/28/02
    Docket number: 01-657
    Action:
        divided argument is granted. The motion of Creditors of NextWave Personal Communications, Inc., for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument is granted.

ARCTIC SLOPE CORP., ET AL. v. NextWAVE COM., INC., ET AL. (28163)

    Order dated: 10/01/02
    Docket number: 01-657
    Action:
        Communications, et al. for leave to file supplemental appendix is denied. CERTIORARI GRANTED

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether Section 525 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 525, prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from canceling a radio spectrum license where the agency has determined, in an exercise of its regulatory authority, that such cancellation is necessary to ensure that licenses are granted to those most likely to use them efficiently for the benefit of the public.