Legal Opinion
Freeman v. Burlington Broadcasters, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 23, 2000No. Docket No. 97-9141PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises a preemption issue pitting federal authority in the field of radio communications against local zoning authority. The precise issue is whether the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended (FCA), and regulations promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) preempt a local zoning board’s power to enforce a condition of a permit to construct and use a communications tower; the permit condition requires the permittees to remedy any radio frequency interference (“RF interference” or “RFI”) from tower signals with appliances and…
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