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Opera Plaza Residential Parcel Homeowners Association, a California Nonprofit Corporation v. Tuan Hoang Betty S. Lee-Hoang

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 12, 2004No. 02-16682PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

We hold today that § 207 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub.L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 114 (hereinafter “ § 207”), does not confer jurisdiction on the federal courts to hear a routine suit by a condominium homeowners association to enforce its rules against the placement of a satellite television dish in common areas.

I. Facts

In September 1999, Opera Plaza Homeowners Association and Opera Plaza Master Owners Association (collectively “Opera Plaza”) adopted a policy, as part of a “Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions,” which prohibited the…

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