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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  Contact:  David  Fiske 
 August  6,  2001  (202)  418-  0513 


 STATEMENT  OF  FCC  CHAIRMAN  MICHAEL  POWELL  ON  APPEAL  TO  U.  S.  SUPREME  COURT  ON  NEXTWAVE  CASE 
 I  welcome  the  decision  today  by  the  Justice  Department  to  support  our  appeal  of  the 
 NextWave  case  to  the  Supreme  Court. 


 High  Court  review  will  protect  the  integrity  of  the  FCC's  auctions  program,  which 
 Congress  has  chosen  as  the  best  method  of  assigning  scarce  and  precious  spectrum  resources  to 
 those  that  will  put  them  to  their  most  productive  use. 


 Through  this  appeal,  I  also  hope  the  Court  will  clarify  how  the  important  public  policy 
 goals  of  the  Bankruptcy  Code  should  interact  with  the  equally  important  public  policy  goal  of 
 ensuring  that  spectrum  is  used  for  the  benefit  of  the  American  people. 


 The  FCC's  petition  for  a  writ  of  certiorari  is  due  to  be  filed  on  September  22nd. 
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