Legal Opinion
Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Municipality of Caguas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 9, 2005No. 04-1597, 04-2136, 04-2137PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated and conflicting cases present a novel question: whether municipal ordinances which assess gross revenue fees on cable providers for use of the municipalities’ “rights-of-way” — when similar fees are already assessed by the state “local franchising authority” in accordance with the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984, 47 U.S.C. § 521, et seq. (1984) (“Cable Act”) — conflict with the federal statute and are therefore preempted. We answer in the affirmative, and accordingly reverse and remand the Barceloneta case and affirm the Caguas case.
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