| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Sep 10 2001 | Application (A01-237) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ |
| | of certiorari from September 20, 2001 to September 28, 2001, |
| | submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Sep 13 2001 | Application (A01-237) granted by the Chief Justice extending the |
| | time to file until October 19, 2001. |
| Oct 19 2001 | Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 1, 2002) |
| Oct 19 2001 | Appendix of petitioner filed (Volumes I & II). |
| Nov 8 2001 | Waiver of right of respondent Verizon Wireless to respond filed. |
| | VIDED. |
| Nov 15 2001 | Order extending time to file response to petition until January |
| | 18, 2002. |
| Nov 15 2001 | This extension of time is granted for all respondents. |
| Nov 16 2001 | Waiver of right of respondent Sprint Spectrum L.P. to respond filed. |
| Nov 20 2001 | Waiver of right of respondent Telecorp PCS, Inc. to respond filed. |
| Jan 3 2002 | Application (A01-480) for leave to file a consolidated brief in |
| | opposition in excess of the page limitations, submitted to The |
| | Chief Justice. |
| Jan 7 2002 | Application (A01-480) denied by the Chief Justice. |
| Jan 14 2002 | Order further extending time to file response to petition until |
| | February 1, 2002. |
| Feb 1 2002 | Brief of respondents NextWave Personal Communications Inc., et al. in |
| | opposition filed. VIDED. |
| Feb 1 2002 | Motion of Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc., for leave to file a |
| | brief as amicus curiae filed. |
| Feb 13 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner Federal Communications Commission filed. |
| Feb 13 2002 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 1, 2002 |
| Mar 4 2002 | Motion of Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc., for leave to file a |
| | brief as amicus curiae GRANTED. |
| Mar 4 2002 | Petition GRANTED. The cases are consolidated and a total of one |
| | hour is allotted for oral argument. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT October 8, 2002. |
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| Apr 8 2002 | Order extending time to file the joint appendix and the |
| | government's brief on the merits to and including May 6, 2002. |
| | Order extending time to file respondents' brief on the merits to |
| | and including June 21, 2002. |
| May 6 2002 | Joint appendix filed. VIDED. |
| May 6 2002 | Brief of petitioner Federal Communications Commission filed. VIDED. |
| May 6 2002 | Brief of petitioners Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, et al. filed. |
| | VIDED. |
| Jun 18 2002 | Consent to the filing of amicus briefs received from counsel for |
| | the respondents. VIDED. |
| Jun 21 2002 | Brief amici curiae of Patrick Leahy, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 21 2002 | Brief of respondents NextWave Personal Communications Inc. and |
| | NextWave Power filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 21 2002 | LODGING consisting of twenty copies of two large bound volumes of |
| | material received from counsel for the respondents. VIDED. |
| Jun 21 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Creditors of NextWave Personal Communications, |
| | Inc. filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 21 2002 | Motion of Creditors of NextWave Personal Communications, Inc. for |
| | leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for |
| | divided argument filed. |
| Jun 21 2002 | Brief amici curiae of Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc., et al. filed. |
| | VIDED. |
| Jun 21 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Airadigm Communications, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 21 2002 | Brief amicus curiae of Kathryn R. Heidt filed. VIDED. |
| Jun 25 2002 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for divided argument filed. |
| Jun 28 2002 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for divided argument |
| | GRANTED. |
| Jun 28 2002 | Motion of Creditors of NextWave Personal Communications, Inc. for |
| | leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for |
| | divided argument GRANTED. |
| Jul 5 2002 | Application (A02-30) for an extension of time within which to file |
| | petitioners' reply briefs on the merits, submitted to The Chief |
| | Justice. |
| Jul 12 2002 | Application (A02-30) granted by the Chief Justice extending the |
| | time to file until August 12, 2002. |
| Jul 23 2002 | CIRCULATED. |
| Aug 12 2002 | Reply brief of petitioner Federal Communications Commission filed. |
| | VIDED. |
| Aug 12 2002 | Reply brief of petitioners Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, et al. |
| | filed. VIDED. |
| Aug 15 2002 | Record filed. |
| Sep 13 2002 | Letter by the Solicitor General with attached FCC Public Notice |
| | DISTRIBUTED. |
| Sep 20 2002 | Motion of respondents Nextwave Personal Communications, et al. for |
| | leave to file supplemental appendix filed. |
| Sep 20 2002 | Supplemental brief of respondents Nextwave Personal Communications, |
| | Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Sep 26 2002 | Opposition of Federal Communications Commission to motion of |
| | respondents Nextwave Personal Communications, et al. filed. |
| Sep 26 2002 | Opposition of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, et al. to motion of |
| | respondents Nextwave Personal Communications, et al. filed. |
| Sep 30 2002 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Federal Communications Commission |
| | filed. VIDED. |
| Sep 30 2002 | Supplemental brief of petitioners Arctic Slope Regional Corportion, et |
| | al. filed. VIDED. |
| Oct 1 2002 | Motion of respondents Nextwave Personal Communications, et al. for |
| | leave to file supplemental appendix DENIED. |
| Oct 1 2002 | LODGING consisting of forty copies of a bound supplemental |
| | appendix received from counsel for the respondents.VIDED. |
| Oct 8 2002 | ARGUED. |
| Nov 19 2002 | Letter and attachment received from the Acting Solicitor General |
| | received and distributed. VIDED. |
| Jan 27 2003 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the |
| | Court, in which Rehnquist, C.J., and O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, |
| | Thomas, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, and in which Stevens J., joined |
| | as to Parts I and II. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in |
| | part and concurring in the judgment. Breyer, J., filed a |
| | dissenting opinion. |
| Feb 26 2003 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Mar 12 2003 | Record returned to the USCA Dist. of Columbia. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| Paul D. Clement | Acting Solicitor General | 2025142217 |
| Department of Justice | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| Party name: Federal Communications Commission |
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| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Thomas G. Hungar | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher | 2029558500 |
| 1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| | | |
| Michael F. Altschul | Cellular Tele. Ind. Assoc. | |
| 1250 Conn. Ave., N.W., Ste.200 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| | | |
| Louis Gurman | Morrison & Foerster | |
| 200 Penn. Ave., N.W., Ste. 500 | |
| Washington, DC 20006-1888 | |
| | | |
| Michael D. Hays | Dow, Lohnes & Albertson | |
| 1200 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20036-6802 | |
| | | |
| H. Richard Juhnke | Sprint Corporation | 2025851912 |
| 401 Nine St., N.W., Suite 400 | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| Party name: Sprint Spectrum L.P. |
| | | |
| Philip J. Mause | Drinker, Biddle & Reath | |
| 1500K St., N.W., Suite 1100 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| | | |
| Douglas I. Brandon | AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. | |
| 1150 Conn. Ave., N.W., #400 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| | | |
| James G. James Harralson | BellSouth Corporation | |
| 675 West Peachtree St.,#4300 | |
| Atlanta, GA 30375 | |
| | | |
| Kenneth N. Klee | Univ. of California | |
| 405 Hilgard Avenue | |
| Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476 | |
| | | |
| Lawrence J. Movshin | 2300 N Street. N.W. | |
| Suite 700 | |
| Washington, DC 20037 | |
| | | |
| Howard J. Symons | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, et al. | |
| 701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| | | |
| Donald B. *Verrilli Jr. | Jenner & Block,LLC | 2026396000 |
| 601 Thirteenth St., N.W. #1200 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Nextwave Personal Communication and Nextwave Power Partners |
| | | |
| John T. Scott III | Verizon Wireless | |
| 1300 I St., NW, Ste. 400-West | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| | | |
| Andrew G. McBride | Wiley, Rein & Fielding | 2027197019 |
| 1776 K Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| Party name: Telecorp PCS, Inc. |
| | | |
| L. Andrew Tollin | Wilkinson Barker Knauer | |
| 2300 N Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20037 | |
| | | |
| G. Eric Brunstad Jr. | Bingham Dana | |
| One State Street | |
| Hartford, CT 06103 | |
| | | |
| Richard G. Taranto | Farr & Taranto | 2027750184 |
| 1220 19th St., N.W., Suite 800 | |
| Washington, DC 20036-2435 | |
| Party name: Cellco Partnership |
| | | |
| Other Attorneys: | | |
| Preben Jensen | Delton Vandever Windels Marx | 2122371000 |
| 156 West 56th Street | |
| New York, NY 10019 | |
| Party name: Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc |
| | | |
| Walter Dellinger | O'Melveny & Myers | 2023835300 |
| 555 13th Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| Party name: Patrick Leahy, et al. |
| | | |
| Laurence h. Tribe | 1575 Massachusetts Ave. | 6174954621 |
| Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| Party name: Creditors of NextWave Personal Communications, Inc. |
| | | |
| Charles J. Cooper | 1500 K Street, N.W. | 2022209600 |
| Suite 200 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Urban Comm-North Carolina, Inc., et al. |
| | | |
| Richard P. Bress | 555 Eleventh Street, N.W. | 2026372200 |
| Suite 1000 | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| Party name: Airadigm Communications, Inc. |
| | | |
| Kathryn R. Heidt | 723 Hastings Street | 4124410648 |
| Pittsburgh, PA 15206 | |
| Party name: Kathryn R. Heidt |
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