Third Circuit Declines to Issue Stay of Planned FCC Wireless Auction

The Third Circuit has refused to issue a stay of the FCC’s auction of Advanced Wireless Services licenses, planned for next month. The court explained its reasoning in Council Tree Communications, Inc. v. FCC (06-2943), finding that the petitioners had not shown that the harm they alleged was likely to occur, and holding that the auction was in the public interest. Read the order in full here.