Legal Opinion
Level 3 Communications, L.L.C. v. City of St. Louis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 5, 2007No. 06-1398, 06-1459PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a telecommunications licensing agreement that requires Level 3 Communications (Level 3) to pay fees and meet other obligations before accessing streets and rights-of-way owned or controlled by the City of St. Louis (City or St. Louis). The parties appeal and cross-appeal the district court’s rulings on cross-motions for summary judgment. We reverse the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Level 3 under 47 U.S.C. § 253(a), affirm the denial of summary judgment on Level 3’s section 1983 claim, and do not reach the other statutory and non-statutory…
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