Michael D. Longshore, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. United States

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• holding that the payment of fees as a prerequisite to participating in a lottery for a radio cellular systems license was not a taking
• holding that the fee to participate in a lottery for a cellular radio system license was not a tax because there was no privately owned asset to tax
• the payment of fees as a prerequisite to participating in a lottery for a radio cellular systems license is not a taking
• “[Plaintiff! does not claim that Congress has exceeded its constitutional authority to control and regulate access to the spectrum.”
• where the Court found that the required payment of fees as a prerequisite to participating in a lottery for a radio cellular systems license is not a taking
• “Congress has undoubted capacity to oversee the performance of Executive Branch agencies, consistent with its constitutional authority. It is not for this court to instruct Congress on how to oversee and manage its creations.”

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