Legal Opinion
Portland Cellular Partnership v. Inhabitants of the Town of Cape Elizabeth
District Court, D. Maine
Decided September 30, 2015No. 2:14-cv-00274-JDLPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Jon D. Levy, United States District Judge
Portland Cellular Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless (“Verizon”), has brought suit challenging the denial by the Town of Cape Elizabeth (“Town”) of a permit to construct a wireless telecommunications facility. See ECF No. A at 1. The parties have cross-motioned for summary judgment on the issue of whether the Spectrum Act, 47 U.S.C.A. § 1455 (2015),1 preempts the Town’s ability to deny Verizon’s permit request. ECF No. 29; ECF No. 31; ECF No. 35. The parties have also filed cross-motions for…
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