PENTEL v. CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS

No. 93-1026.

13 F.3d 1261 (1994)

Sylvia PENTEL, Appellant, v. CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bellows, St. Paul, MN, argued (Christopher D. Inlay, Washington, DC, on brief), for amicus curiae.

Eric J. Nystrom, St. Paul, MN, argued, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, BOWMAN, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to its zoning ordinance, the City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, denied Sylvia Pentel, an amateur radio operator, permission to erect a 68-foot radio antenna tower in her yard. Pentel then sued the city, claiming that the zoning ordinance was preempted by a Federal Communications Commission ruling known as PRB-1, which requires the city reasonably to accommodate her amateur communications. The District Court granted summary judgment...

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