United States Ninth Circuit

In an action challenging cefendant-dity's denial of plaintiff's application to erect a wireless antenna under the Telecommunications Act, summary judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where the city failed to rebut plaintiff's showing that the denial of the application amounted to an effective prohibition of wireless services.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/01/2009
• Decided 07/20/2009
• Published 07/20/2009

Judges

• CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:, Before WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., DAVID R. THOMPSON and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Dan S. Lossing of Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder, P.S. of Bellevue, WA, for the defendant-appellant., T. Scott Thompson (argued) of Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP of Washington, D.C., and Linda Atkins of Bellevue, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.