Dish DEs To File Joint Opening Brief in Appeal of FCC Bidding Credit Denial
Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless are seeking federal appellate court approval to jointly file one 16,500-word brief in their litigation against the FCC. In an unopposed motion filed Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the…
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two Dish Network designated entities (DEs) said a court order authorized them to separately file two opening briefs of up to 14,000 words each, but they wanted to file a single joint opening "that avoids duplication and significantly reduces the total length of briefing in this matter." But an additional 2,500 words are needed to explain the relevant passages in the agreements in question, the DEs said. The opening briefs are due Jan. 12. The two filed notices of appeal in September challenging an August commission decision denying them the use of bidding credits to buy spectrum in the AWS-3 auction (see 1509180048).