Legal Opinion
Puerto Rico Telephone Co. v. Municipality of Guayanilla
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 7, 2006No. 05-1400PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to apply § 253 of the Federal Telecommunications Act (“TCA”), 47 U.S.C. § 253, which sets limits on the authority of state and local governments to regulate telecommunications providers. The Municipality of Guayanilla (“the Municipality”) enacted an ordinance imposing a 5% gross revenue fee on telecommunications providers for their use of public rights of way 1 within the Municipality. Puerto Rico Telephone Company (“PRTC”) filed suit against the Municipality and Mayor Edgardo Arlequín-Vélez in federal district court, seeking a declaratory judgment…
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