Legal Opinion
City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 22, 2005No. 03-1601PublishedCited by 448 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
We decide in this case whether an individual may enforce the limitations on local zoning authority set forth in § 332(c)(7) of the Communications Act of 1934, 47. U. S. C. § 332(c)(7), through an action under Rev. Stat. §1979, 42 U. S. C. § 1983.
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Congress enacted the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA), 110 Stat. 56, to promote competition and higher quality in American telecommunications services and to “encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies.” Ibid. One of the means by which it sought to accomplish these goals was reduction of the impediments imposed by local…
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