9th Circuit Appeal of FCC September Order Should Continue, Say Localities
Local governments opposed the FCC’s motion to hold in abeyance challenges to the agency's September wireless infrastructure order at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but supported consolidating the dozen pending cases, as expected (see 1902260037). Holding the cases…
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would bring “significant hardship” to localities and courts, but letting them proceed “would cause minimal hardship to the FCC,” said (in Pacer) one group of localities Thursday including Bowie, Maryland. FCC review of reconsideration petitions won’t affect the matters before the court, they said. Another local group including Huntington Beach, California, agreed (in Pacer) that “hardships are significant.” San Jose and other local intervenors similarly opposed delay in a third filing (in Pacer).