CELLULAR PHONE TASKFORCE v. F.C.C.

Nos. 97-4328(L), 98-4003(Con), 98-4005(Con), 98-4025(Con), 98-4122(Con).

205 F.3d 82 (2000)

CELLULAR PHONE TASKFORCE, et al., Petitioners, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, National Association of Broadcasters, Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc., Electromagnetic Energy Association, and AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., Intervenors, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Hobson, Esq., Donelan, Cleary, Wood & Maser, P.C., Washington, DC, (Mark F. Wilson, Esq., The Communications Workers of America, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Ad-Hoc Association, The Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC and CWA Local 7810, Petitioners.

John E. Schulz, Esq., San Rafael, CA, for Cellular Phone Taskforce, Petitioners, Joel Marcus, Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC,(Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Andrea Limmer, United States Attorneys, Christopher J. Wright, General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, C. Grey Pash, Jr., Counsel for the FCC, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Respondents.

Howard J. Symons, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Washington, DC, (Bruce D. Sokler, Esq., Sara F. Seidman, Michelle M. Mundt, on the brief; Douglas I. Brandon, Esq., AT & T Wireless Services, Inc., Michael F. Altschul, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, Washington, DC), for AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., and Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, Intervenors, John I. Stewart, Jr., Esq. and William D. Wallace, Esq., Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, D.C., submitted a brief for Electromagnetic Energy Association, National Association of Broadcasters, and Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc., Intervenors

Peter James Clines, Esq., New York, NY, submitted a brief for Gabriel Seymour, First Selectman, Town of Canaan, Connecticut, et al., Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Before: WALKER, NEWMAN, and SACK, Circuit Judges.


JOHN M. WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners Cellular Phone Taskforce ("CPT") and Ad-Hoc Association of Parties Concerned About the Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Health and Safety Rules ("AHA"), joined by numerous other individuals and groups, appeal from two final opinions and orders in which the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC") promulgated guidelines for health and safety standards of radio frequency ("RF") radiation, established streamlined...

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