United States Eleventh Circuit

Under 17 USC 119(e), satellite television subscribers may transfer to a different satellite carrier and retain their grandfathered rights to receive distant network signals.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/17/2001
• Published 09/18/2001

Judges

• ANDERSON, Chief Judge:, Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and BIRCH and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James R. Atwood, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for National Association of Broadcasters, Amicus Curiae., Andrew Schwartzman, Washington, DC, for Consumer Federation of America, Media Access Projects, Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association, Amici Curiae., Mark B. Stern, Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for Intervenor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark A. Nadeau,Cynthia A. Ricketts, Debora Lynn Verdier, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, T. Wade Welch, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants., Natacha D. Steimer, Thomas P. Olson, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, David M. Rogero, Lott & Friedland, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.