Updated:  December 4, 2013
LIST OF PENDING APPELLATE CASES
Name: Ion Media Chicago License, Inc. v. FCC 
Case No: 01-1457
Court: District of Columbia Circuit
FCC Order Description: In re:  Paxson Chicago License, Inc. v. 21
st
Century TV Cable, Inc., et al., DA 01-149, 16 FCC Rcd 2185 
and Paxson Chicago License, Inc. v. 21
st
Century TV Cable, Inc., et al., 16 FCC Rcd 15571 (2001).  Not 
docketed.  FCC Order No. 01-226
Case Description: Paxson challenges the FCC’s denial of its “must carry” complaints against thirteen Chicago cable operators 
on the basis of a finding that no current FCC rules require mandatory carriage of both a broadcaster’s 
digital and analog signal among other things.
Status: Held in abeyance.
Name: James A. Kay, Jr., et al. v. FCC 
Case No: 06-1076
Court: District of Columbia Circuit
FCC Order Description: In re: improving public safety communications in the 800 MHz band, 22 FCC Rcd 10467 (2007) and 
previous underlying orders, FCC Docket No. WT 02-55, et al.  FCC Order No. 05-174, et al. 
Case Description: Petitioners challenge the FCC’s decisions restructuring the 800 MHz band to reduce radiofrequency 
interference to public safety systems.  Among other things, they claim that the decisions unfairly 
discriminate between similarly situated parties.
Status: Held in abeyance.
2Name: Sprint Nextel Corporation v. FCC 
Case No: 06-1278
Court: District of Columbia Circuit
FCC Order Description: In re: review of the spectrum sharing plan among non-geostationary satellite orbit mobile satellite service 
systems in the 1.6/2.4 GHz bands, 19 FCC Rcd 13356 (2004), et al., FCC Docket No. WT 03-66, et al.  
FCC Order No. 04-134 and 06-46.
Case Description: Petitioner seeks review of the FCC’s orders in which the FCC adopted a plan for spectrum sharing among 
operators in the 2495-2690 MHz bands.
Status: Held in abeyance.
Name: Tribune Company v. FCC
Case No: 07-1488
Court: District of Columbia Circuit
FCC Order Description: In re: shareholders of Tribune Co., and Sam Zell, et al. for consent to the transfer of control of the Tribune 
Co. and applications for the renewal of license of KTLA(TV), Los Angeles, 22 FCC Rcd 21266 (2007).  
FCC 07-211; MB Docket No. 07-119.  
Case Description: Appellants challenge the FCC’s denial of their request for a waiver in selected markets of the FCC’s 
“newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule,” which prohibits common ownership of a daily newspaper and 
a broadcast station in the same market.
Status: Held in abeyance.
3Name: Verizon v. FCC
Case No: 11-1355
Court: D.C. Cir.
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of:  Preserving the Open Internet; Broadband Industry Practices (rel. Dec. 23, 2010), 
FCC 10-201; GN Docket No. 09-191; WC Docket No. 07-52.
Case Description: Verizon challenges the Commission's implementation of rules safeguarding the openness of the Internet.
Status: Notice of Appeal filed September 30, 2011.  Notice of Multicircuit Petitions for Review filed October 5, 
2011. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation randomly selected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit in which to consolidate these petitions for review on October 6, 2011.  
December 8, 2011 order consolidates case numbers 11-1356, 11-1403, 11-1404, and 11-1411 with lead 
case number 11-1355.  Initial brief filed September 10, 2012.  Court order dated July 3, 2012 granted 
Voluntary Dismissal of Case No. 11-1411 (Free Press).  Sur-reply brief filed January 4, 2013.  Final briefs
filed January 18, 2013.   Court order dated May 20, 2013 granted Voluntary Dismissal of Case Nos. 11-
1403 and 11-1404 (MetroPCS).  Oral argument held September 9, 2013.
Name: National Association of Broadcasters v. FCC & USA
Case No: 12-1225
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast Licensee Public Interest 
Obligations; Extension of the Filing Requirement for Children’s Television Programming Report (FCC 
Form 398), FCC 12-44; MM Docket Nos. 00-44 and 00-168.
Case Description: Petitioner challenges a Commission report and order that adopted FCC rules requiring that television 
stations post public files on FCC hosted website.
Status: Held in abeyance.
4Name: Agape Church, Inc., et al. v. FCC & USA 
Case No: 12-1334
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: Amendment to Part 76 of the 
Commission’s Rules, FCC 12-59; CS Docket No. 98-120.
Case Description: The petitioning broadcasters seek review of an FCC rulemaking order that allowed the agency’s 
“viewability rule” (which required certain cable operators to carry the signals for local over-the-air 
television channels in both analog and digital format) to sunset.   
Status: Petition for Review filed July 31, 2012.  Petitioner’s Joint Motion for Stay denied September 24, 2012.   
Record filed September 14, 2012.  Initial brief filed December 21, 2012.  Final brief filed February 14, 
2013.  Oral argument held September 27, 2013.
Name: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. FCC & USA 
Case No: 12-1337
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of Tennis Channel, Inc., Complainant v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Defendant, 
FCC 12-78; MB Docket No. 10-204.
Case Description:
Status: Petition for Review filed August 1, 2012.  Record filed September 17, 2012.  Initial brief filed November 
7, 2012.  Final brief filed December 3, 2012.  Oral argument held February 25, 2013.  Petition for Review 
granted by Opinion May 28, 2013.  Tennis Channel’s Petition for Rehearing and Petition for Rehearing En 
Banc denied by court order September 4, 2013.  Mandate issued September 13, 2013.  Tennis Channel’s 
Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed December 3, 2013.
5Name: Blanca Telephone Company, et al. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 12-1365
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In The Matter of Section 68.4(a) of the Commission’s Rules Governing Hearing Aid-Compatible 
Telephones - - Petitions for Waiver of Section 20.19 of the Commission’s Rules, FCC 08-07 and 12-89; 
WT Docket No. 01-309.
Case Description: Petitioners seek review of the FCC’s denial of their requests for waiver of the September 18, 2006 deadline 
to provide handsets that meet the FCC’s hearing aid compatibility standard for inductive coupling.
Status: Petition for Review filed August 23, 2012.  Initial brief filed March 1, 2013.  Final brief filed April 5, 
2013.  Oral argument held September 20, 2013.
Name: Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 12-1482
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of Universal Service Contribution Methodology
Case Description: Global Crossing challenges Universal Service Contribution Methodology, FCC 12-134, WC Docket No. 
06-122 (rel. Nov. 5, 2012). In that Order, the FCC affirmed certain aspects of its universal service 
contribution methodology – specifically, the contribution obligations of a wholesale carrier. The FCC also 
provided guidance on the type and quality of evidence that the Universal Service Administrative Company 
(“USAC”) should use in evaluating a wholesale carrier’s claim that it should not be held responsible for 
making universal service contributions based on revenues from providing service to reseller customers.
Status: Petition for Review filed December 19, 2012.  Record filed February 4, 2013.  Petitioner’s Motion to Hold 
Case in Abeyance, granted by court order March 28, 2013.  Petitioner to file status report 120 days from 
the date of this order.  Petitioner’s status report filed July 26, 2013.
6Name: Illinois Public Telecommunications Association v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-1059
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In re: Implementation of the Pay Telephone Reclassification and Compensation Provisions of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, FCC 13-24, CC Docket No. 96-128 (rel: February 27, 2013)
Case Description: This case challenges the Commission’s decision not to preempt the decisions of several state regulatory 
agencies that declined to order refunds of charges collected by LECs from payphone service providers.
Status: Petition for Review filed March 8, 2013.  Case numbers 13-1083 & 13-1149 consolidated with this case.  
Record filed April 25, 2013.  Initial brief filed November 5, 2013.  Final brief due January 13, 2013.
Name: Sorenson Communications Inc., et al. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-1122
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services and 
Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, FCC 13-13, GC Docket 
Nos. 13-24 and 03-123 (rel. January 25, 2013)
Case Description: Petitioners challenge a Commission report and order that adopted interim rules governing IP CTS (Internet 
Protocol Captioned Telephone Service)
Status: Petition for Review filed April 8, 2013.  Stipulation Regarding Record filed May 22, 2013.  Motion for 
Summary Reversal filed by petitioner May 24, 2013.  FCC’s Response filed July 1, 2013.  Petitioner’s 
reply filed July 26, 2013.  Order dated October 16, 2013 denied Petitioner’s Motion for Summary Reversal.
Petitioner’s Motion to Consolidate case number 13-1246 with this case filed October 29, 2013.  Court 
order November 22, 2013 suspended briefing pending further order of the court.
7Name: DISH Network, LLC v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-1182
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of:  The Joint Petition Filed by DISH Network, LLC, The United States of America, and the 
States of California, Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio for Declaratory Ruling Concerning the Telephone 
Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Rules, FCC 13-54, CG Docket No. 11-50 (rel. May 9, 2013).
Case Description: Petitioner challenges a Commission Declaratory Ruling holding that a seller may be vicariously liable 
under federal common law agency principles for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act 
committed by third-party telemarketers.
Status: Petition for Review filed May 17, 2013.  Record filed July 3, 2013.  FCC Final brief filed November 7, 
2013.  Oral argument scheduled for January 13, 2014.
Name: Sorenson Communications, Inc. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-1215
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program - - Telecommunications 
Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, FCC 
13-82; CG Docket Nos. 03-123 and 10-51.
Case Description: Petitioner challenges a Commission report and order that adopted rules to reform VRS (Video Relay 
Service).
Status: Petition for Review filed July 11, 2013.  Initial brief due December 10, 2013.  Final brief due January 28, 
2014.
8Name: Verizon and AT&T, Inc. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-1220
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Petition of USTelecom for Forbearance Under 47 U.S.C. 160(c) from Enforcement of 
Certain Legacy Telecommunications Regulation, FCC 13-69; WC Docket No. 12-61.
Case Description: Verizon and AT&T seek review of the FCC’s order denying in part a petition filed by US Telecomm 
asking for forbearance from a number of rules, including the Part 32 Uniform System of Accounts for price 
cap carriers.
Status: Petition for Review filed July 15, 2013.  Record filed August 30, 2013.  Initial brief due February 18, 2014. 
Final brief due April 1, 2014.
Name: Spectrum Five LLC v. FCC
Case No: 13-1231
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: EchoStar Satellite Operating Company – Application for Special Temporary Authority 
Related to Moving the EchoStar 6 Satellite from the 77º W.L. Orbital Location to the 96.2º W.L. Orbital 
Location, and to Operate at the 96.2º W.L. Orbital Location, FCC 13-93 (released July 9, 2013) and DA 
13-593 (released April 1, 2013)
Case Description: Spectrum Five challenges the FCC’s decision to grant EchoStar’s request for Special Temporary Authority 
to relocate one of EchoStar’s satellites to another orbital location.
Status: Notice of Appeal filed August 2, 2013.  Appellant’s Motion for Summary Reversal filed August 6, 2013.  
Court order of August 8, 2013 consolidated case number 13-1232 with this case.  FCC’s Motion to Dismiss 
and Response to Motion for Summary Reversal filed August 29, 2013.  Record filed September 19, 2013. 
FCC’s Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss filed September 23, 2013.  Order dated October 2, 2013 
denied Appellant’s Motion for Summary Reversal.  FCC Final brief due December 23, 2013.
9Name: Sorenson Communications, Inc., et al. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-1246
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service - - Telecommunications 
Rely Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, FCC 
13-118; CG Docket Nos. 03-123 and 13-24
Case Description: Petitioners challenge a Commission report and order that adopted permanent rules governing IP CTS 
(Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service).
Status: Petition for Review filed September 6, 2013.  Stipulation Regarding Certified List of Items in Record filed 
September 30, 2013.  Petitioner’s Motion for Judicial Stay filed October 1, 2013.  Petitioner’s Motion to 
Consolidate this case with case number 13-1122 filed October 29, 2013.  FCC Opposition to Motion for 
Judicial Stay filed November 1, 2013.  Petitioner’s Reply filed November 12, 2013.
Name: Sky Television, LLC. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-1270
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2013; Procedures for 
Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees; and Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for 
Fiscal Year 2008, FCC 13-110; MD Docket Nos. 08-65, 12-201 and 13-140.
Case Description: Sky Television challenges the Commission’s decision to postpone, until fiscal year 2014, the effective date 
of its combination of regulatory fees for same-market VHF and UHF digital television stations into a single 
category, as set forth in Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2013, Procedures
for Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees, Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for 
Fiscal Year 2008, 28 FCC Rcd 12351 (2013).
Status: Petition for Review filed October 22, 2013.  Record and Dispositive motions due December 9, 2013.
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Name: Securus Technologies, Inc. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-1280
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, FCC 13-113 (rel: September 26, 2013), WC 
Docket No. 12-375
Case Description: In the order on review, the Commission required that end user rates for payphone calls placed from 
incarceration facilities, known as Inmate Calling Services, be based on the costs of providing service.  As 
an interim measure to bring rates closer to costs pending receipt of additional information on which to base 
a permanent regime, the agency established a two-tiered rate cap pricing system that includes a “safe 
harbor” rate and a higher hard cap that no carrier may exceed without a waiver.
Status: Petition for Review filed November 14, 2013.  Procedural motions due December 6, 2013.  Record and 
Dispositive motions due December 30, 2013.  Case numbers 13-1281 & 13-1291 consolidated with this 
case.  Petitioner filed motion for judicial stay on November 25, 2013.  FCC’s opposition to motion for 
judicial stay due December 12, 2013.
Name: Global Tel*Link v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-1281
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, FCC 13-113 (rel: September 26, 2013), WC 
Docket No. 12-375
Case Description: In the order on review, the Commission required that end user rates for payphone calls placed from 
incarceration facilities, known as Inmate Calling Services, be based on the costs of providing service.  As 
an interim measure to bring rates closer to costs pending receipt of additional information on which to base 
a permanent regime, the agency established a two-tiered rate cap pricing system that includes a “safe 
harbor” rate and a higher hard cap that no carrier may exceed without a waiver.
Status: Petition for Review filed November 14, 2013.  Consolidated with case number 13-1280.  Petitioner filed 
motion for judicial stay on November 25, 2013.  FCC’s opposition to motion for judicial stay due 
December 12, 2013.
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Name: CenturyLink Public Communications, Inc. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-1291
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, FCC 13-113 (rel: September 26, 2013), WC 
Docket No. 12-375
Case Description: In the order on review, the Commission required that end user rates for payphone calls placed from 
incarceration facilities, known as Inmate Calling Services, be based on the costs of providing service.  As 
an interim measure to bring rates closer to costs pending receipt of additional information on which to base 
a permanent regime, the agency established a two-tiered rate cap pricing system that includes a “safe 
harbor” rate and a higher hard cap that no carrier may exceed without a waiver.
Status: Petition for Review filed November 22, 2013.  Consolidated with case number 13-1280.  Petitioner filed 
motion for judicial stay on December 4, 2013.  FCC’s opposition to motion for judicial stay due December 
19, 2013.
Name: Alpine PCS, Inc. v. FCC
Case No: 13-5205
Court: D.C. Circuit
FCC Order Description: No FCC Order
Case Description: Appeal from a June 3, 2013 district court order in which the court dismissed Alpine’s claims.
Status: Appeal filed July 10, 2013.  Government’s brief filed November 25, 2013.
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Name: Time Warner Cable Inc. v. FCC 
Case No: 11-4138
Court: Second Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of:  Revision of the Commission’s Program Carriage Rules; Leased Commercial Access; 
Development of Competition and Diversity in Video Programming Distribution and Carriage (rel. Aug. 1, 
2011) FCC 11-119; MB Docket No. 11-131 and 07-42.
Case Description: Time Warner contends that the Commission’s cable program carriage rules violate the First Amendment 
and exceed the agency’s statutory authority
Status: Petition for Review filed October 11, 2011.  Record filed November 21, 2011.  Court Order of January 6, 
2012 consolidated case number 11-5152 with this case.  Brief filed June 26, 2012.  Oral argument held
October 4, 2012.  Petitions denied in part and granted in part, FCC order vacated in part by Opinion 
September 4, 2013.
Name: Bloomberg, LP. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-3788
Court: Second Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Bloomberg, LP, Complainant v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Defendant.  FCC 
13-124; MB Docket No. 11-104
Case Description: Bloomberg and Comcast Cable seek review of an FCC order affirming staff decisions partially granting 
Bloomberg’s complaint for enforcement of a condition to the FCC’s approval of Comcast’s merger with 
NBC Universal.    That condition requires Comcast to carry all independent news and business news 
channels in a neighborhood if it places any such programming in a neighborhood of similar programming.  
The Commission held that a grouping of four news or business news channels within any five adjacent 
channel positions qualifies as a news neighborhood, whether or not that channel grouping existed at the 
time of the merger.
Status: Petition for Review filed October 7, 2013.  Case number 13-4407 consolidated with this case.  Pre-
Argument Conference scheduled for December 6, 2013.
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Name: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC. v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-4407
Court: Second Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Bloomberg, LP, Complainant v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Defendant.  FCC 
13-124; MB Docket No. 11-104
Case Description: Comcast Cable and Bloomberg seek review of an FCC order affirming staff decisions partially granting 
Bloomberg’s complaint for enforcement of a condition to the FCC’s approval of Comcast’s merger with 
NBC Universal.    That condition requires Comcast to carry all independent news and business news 
channels in a neighborhood if it places any such programming in a neighborhood of similar programming.  
The Commission held that a grouping of four news or business news channels within any five adjacent 
channel positions qualifies as a news neighborhood, whether or not that channel grouping existed at the 
time of the merger.
Status: Petition for Review filed October 7, 2013 (formerly case number 13-1266 (D.C. Cir.)).  Notice of 
Multicircuit Petitions for Review filed October 15, 2013.  The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation 
randomly selected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in which to consolidate these petitions 
for review on October 16, 2013.  This case is consolidated with case number 13-3788.  Docketed in 2
nd
Circuit under case number 13-4407.
Name: Dayton Access Television, Inc. v. FCC
Case No: 07-4467
Court: Sixth Circuit
FCC Order Description: In re: implementation of Section 621(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as amended 
by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, 22 FCC Rcd 19633 (2007).  
FCC Docket No. MB 05-311.  FCC Order No. 07-190.  
Case Description: Petitioners challenge the FCC’s decision to extend a number of the rules adopted in the first Section 621 
Order to applications for franchise renewals by incumbent cable operators.
Status: Held in abeyance.
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Name: National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. FCC 
Case No: 08-3369
Court: Sixth Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of: Leased Commercial Access, R&O and Further NPR, 23 FCC Rcd 2909 (2008).  FCC 
Docket No. MB 07-42.  FCC Order No. 07-208.  
Case Description: Petitioners challenge the FCC’s modification of its leased access rules, which require cable operators to 
provide channel capacity for commercial use by unaffiliated programmers pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 532.
Status: Held in abeyance.  
Name: Minority Television Project, Inc. v. FCC 
Case No: 09-17311
Court: Ninth Circuit
FCC Order Description: None
Case Description: Minority Television Project is the licensee of a non-commercial educational station in San 
Francisco. After the station was found to have broadcast unlawful promotional advertisements and fined 
$10,000, it filed suit in district court challenging both the fine and aspects of the restrictions on 
promotional advertisements on public stations. The district court dismissed part of Minority's case and 
granted summary judgment in favor of the government on the remainder. Minority now seeks appellate 
review of those decisions.
Status: En Banc opinion issued December 2, 2013 affirmed district court opinion in its entirety and upheld the 
constitutionality of section 339B of the Communications Act.
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Name: In re: FCC 11-161
Case No: 11-9900
Court: Tenth Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of:  Connect America Fund.  WC 10-90, 07-135, 05-337 and 03-109; GN 09-51; CC 01-92 
and 96-45; WT 10-208.  FCC 11-161
Case Description: Petitioners challenge various aspects of an order in which the FCC comprehensively reformed its universal 
service and intercarrier compensation systems.
Status: Petition for Review filed December 2, 2011. Thirty-One (31) additional petitions for review have been 
consolidated with this lead case.  FCC filed thirteen (13) responsive briefs in February - March 2013. FCC 
Final briefs filed July 24 and July 29, 2013.  Oral argument held November 19, 2013.
Name: Council Tree Investors, Inc., et al. v. FCC 
Case No: 12-9543
Court: Tenth Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of:  Waiver of Section 1.2110(b)(3)(iv)(A) of the Commission’s Rules for the Upper 700 
MHz Band D Block License (rel. Nov. 15, 2007).  FCC 07-197.  In the Matter of:  Implementation of the 
Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act and Modernization of the Commission’s Competitive Bidding 
Rules and Procedures (rel. Feb. 1, 2012).  WT Docket No. 05-211.  FCC 12-12.
Case Description: Petitioners seek to rescind the 700 MHz spectrum license auction (Auction 73) by challenging FCC orders 
granting a limited waiver of one designated entity eligibility rule in connection with that auction.
Status: Petition for Review filed March 29, 2012.  Record filed May 9, 2012.  Brief filed July 23, 2012.  Oral 
argument held November 5, 2012.
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Name: National Telecommunications Cooperative Ass’n v. FCC & USA
Case No: 13-9587
Court: Tenth Circuit
FCC Order 
Description:
In the Matter of:  Connect America Fund; High-Cost Universal Service Support, WC Docket Nos. 10-90 & 
05-337, DA 12-646, (rel. April 25, 2012), and FCC 13-16 (rel. Feb. 27, 2013)
Case Description: Petitioner challenges the Sixth Order on Reconsideration in the Commission’s Connect America Fund 
proceeding.
Status: Petition for Review filed May 20, 2013.  Court order dated August 28, 2013, transferred this case from the 
Fourth Circuit (No. 13-1661) to the Tenth Circuit.  Docketed in Tenth Circuit under Case No. 13-9587 on 
August 29, 2013.  Court order September 10, 2013 held this case in abeyance pending the outcome of In 
Re: FCC 11-161, case number 11-9900.
Name: Accipiter Communications, Inc. v. FCC & USA 
Case No: 13-9590
Court: Tenth Circuit
FCC Order Description: In the Matter of:  Connect America Fund; High-Cost Universal Service Support, WC Docket Nos. 10-90 & 
05-337, FCC 11-161 (rel. Nov. 18, 2011), and FCC 13-16 (rel. Feb. 27, 2013)
Case Description: Petitioner challenges the Sixth Order on Reconsideration in the Commission’s Connect America Fund 
proceeding.
Status: Petition for Review filed May 20, 2013.  FCC’s Motion to Transfer (to 10
th
Circuit) filed June 6, 2013. 
Court order dated August 26, 2013 transferred this case from the Ninth Circuit (No. 13-71760) to the Tenth 
Circuit.  Docketed in Tenth Circuit under Case No. 13-9590 on September 5, 2013.  Petitioner’s Motion to 
Establish Briefing Schedule filed September 17, 2013.  FCC’s response and Motion to Hold in Abeyance 
filed September 26, 2013.  Petitioner’s reply filed October 9, 2013.  Court order dated October 10, 2013 
denied Motion to Establish Briefing Schedule and held case in abeyance pending outcome of In Re: FCC 
11-161, case number 11-9900.