Legal Opinion
Tcg Detroit, (98-2034), (98-2035) v. City of Dearborn, (98-2034),third-Party (98-2035), Ameritech Michigan, Incorporated, Third-Party (98-2035)
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 7, 2000No. 98-2034, 98-2035PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBoggs, J., joined by Hood, D. J.,
GUY, J. (p. 626), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
TCG Detroit (“TCG”), a telecommunications provider, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the City of Dearborn (“the City”) on the issue of whether the City’s requirement that TCG pay the City a certain franchise fee for the privilege of laying fibre-optic telecommunications cable within its limits, pursuant to a city ordinance, violates the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (“the Act”), 47 U.S.C. § 253. TCG had also alleged that the City’s requirement…
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