Legal Opinion
Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc. v. Prince George's County
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 23, 2001No. CIV CCB 98-4187PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BLAKE, District Judge.
In this case, plaintiff Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc. (“Bell Atlantic”) 1 has challenged the validity of defendant Prince George’s County (“the County”) ordinance CB-98-1998 (“the ordinance”) which seeks to regulate the use of County rights of way by telecommunications companies. Bell Atlantic filed its complaint in 1998, asserting a variety of federal and state constitutional and statutory claims. In its 1999 opinion, this court found that the ordinance was preempted by the Federal Telecommunications Act (“FTA”), 47 U.S.C. § 251, et seq. See Bell…
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