T-Mobile Complaint
Case 1:20-cv-10998 Document 1 Filed 05/22/20 Page 1 of 37 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS CHICAGO INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC., DENVER AREA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSORTIUM, INC., INSTRUCTIONAL Case No. __________________ TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION, INC., NORTH AMERICAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING JURY TRIAL REQUESTED FOUNDATION, INC., PORTLAND REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, TWIN CITIES SCHOOLS’ TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC., Plaintiffs, v. CLEARWIRE SPECTRUM HOLDINGS II LLC, CLEARWIRE LEGACY LLC f/k/a CLEARWIRE CORPORATION, T-MOBILE US, INC., Defendants. COMPLAINT Plaintiffs Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation, Inc., Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc., Instructional Telecommunications Foundation, Inc., North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation, Inc., Portland Regional Educational Telecommunications Corporation, and Twin Cities Schools’ Telecommunications Group, Ind. by and through their undersigned attorneys, allege upon personal knowledge and belief as follows: NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief to stop Defendants from unlawfully pirating their spectrum and damages from Defendant T-Mobile US, Inc. (“T-Mobile”) for its wrongful taking of Case 1:20-cv-10998 Document 1 Filed 05/22/20 Page 2 of 37 that spectrum. Plaintiffs are six nonprofit organizations that have been granted more than 60 licenses by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) to operate Educational Broadband Service (“EBS”) channels in the 2.5 GHz spectrum band for educational purposes in markets across the country. In furtherance of their educational purposes, Plaintiffs agreed in July 2006 to lease their excess EBS spectrum capacity (“Spectrum”) to Defendants Clearwire Spectrum Holdings II LLC and Clearwire Legacy LLC (together, “Clearwire”) for commercial use over a thirty-year term.
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