Legal Opinion
Missouri Municipal League v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2002No. 01-1379PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
Various Missouri municipalities, municipal organizations, and public power companies (the Missouri Municipals) have petitioned for review of the Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission) order denying the Missouri Municipals’ petition to preempt a Missouri statute that prevents municipalities and municipally owned utilities from providing telecommunications services or telecommunications facilities. We vacate the order and remand to the Commission for further consideration.
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In February 1996, Congress enacted the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the Act), which…
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