California Court of Appeal

SPIELHOTZ v. SUPERIOR COURT (LOS ANGELES CELLULAR TEL. CO.), B131655

47 USC section 332(c)(3)(A), which prohibits states from regulating fees charged by cell phone companies, does not exempt cell phone providers from suits alleging false advertising of coverage areas.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/08/2001
• Published 02/08/2001

Judges

• CROSKEY, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Jacqueline E. Mottek, Michael W. Sobol, Stephen H. Cassidy and Fabrice N. Vincent, San Francisco;  Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, Los Angeles, William S. Lerach, Leonard B. Simon, William Dato, Alan M. Mansfield, San Diego, Reed R. Kathrein, San Francisco, and Patrick W. Daniels;  Ronald F. Hoffman, for Petitioners., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Palo Alto, Mark A. Perry, Steven E. Sletten and Christine Naylor, Cerritos, for Real Parties in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.