EchoStar Comm Corp v. FCC

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• allowing the FCC to “rely upon the uncontested, sworn affidavit of a witness speaking from personal knowledge”
• rejecting petitioner’s claim that an uncorroborated and untested statement upon which the agency relied cannot constitute substantial evidence where the statement was given under oath, the affiant had personal knowledge of the facts, and the petitioner submitted no contradictory evidence
• “There is no support for [petitioner’s] claim that uncorroborated and untested testimony and hearsay testimony cannot constitute substantial evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  D.C. Circuit· 2009-02-03· cited 20×
• Sellmon v. Reilly
  District of Columbia· 2008-06-20· cited 16×
• New Dynamics Foundation v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2006-04-24· cited 16×
• Honeywell International, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency
  D.C. Circuit· 2004-06-29· cited 14×
• City of South Bend v. Surface Transportation Board
  D.C. Circuit· 2009-05-29· cited 14×
• La Botz v. Federal Election Commission
  District of Columbia· 2012-09-05· cited 14×
• Reilly v. Secretary of the Navy
  District of Columbia· 2014-01-29· cited 13×
• United States v. Dynamic Visions, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2016-10-24· cited 11×
• Former Employees of Barry Callebaut v. Herman
  Court of International Trade· 2002-08-30· cited 7×
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Silkman
  D. Maine· 2017-01-26· cited 3×
• Psak v. Jewell
  District of Columbia· 2020-06-01
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  District of Columbia· 2021-09-30
• Lawrence McNally v. Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-03-26
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  D.C. Circuit· 2025-08-15
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  D.C. Circuit· 2026-02-10
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Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Richardson v. Perales
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-03· cited 22,864×
• Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court· 1938-12-05· cited 12,026×
• Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 8,453×
• Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-24· cited 2,871×
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 2,329×
• William G. McBride v. Merrell Dow and Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an Ohio Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1986-09-12· cited 181×
• B. Riley McClelland v. Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Interior
  D.C. Circuit· 1979-08-17· cited 74×
• Hi-Tech Furnace Systems, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
  D.C. Circuit· 2000-08-08· cited 33×
• American Message Centers v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, Sprint Communications Company, L.P., Intervenor
  D.C. Circuit· 1995-06-07· cited 20×
• Sheryl Crawford v. United States Department of Agriculture
  D.C. Circuit· 1995-03-31· cited 17×
• Green v. Shalala
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-03-30· cited 17×
• Echostar Communications Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
  D.C. Circuit· 2002-06-11· cited 2×