United States Ninth Circuit
Qwest Communications, Inc. v. City of Berkeley, 03-15852
Summary judgment ruling that plaintiff-municipality's Interim Telecommunication Carriers Ordinance involving telecommunications infrastructure work is preempted by the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 is affirmed where the district court's conclusions were not in error.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/06/2005
- Decided 01/12/2006
- Published 01/12/2006
Judges
- TROTT, Circuit Judge:, Before: TROTT, T.G. NELSON, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Jeffrey T. Melching, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Costa Mesa, CA, for the defendants-appellants., David R. Goodnight, Stoel Rives, LLP, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellee., John H. Ridge, Stoel Rives, LLP, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellee.