360° COMMUNICATIONS CO. v. ALBEMARLE COUNTY

Nos. 99-1816, 99-1897.

211 F.3d 79 (2000)

360° COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Defendant-Appellant. Kevin Dudley; Barbara Dudley; Carr Dorman; Margaret Dorman; Jacob Loeser; Connie Loeser; Stephen Innes; Bill O. Mahone; Irma Mahone; Maryanne Rodeheaver; Stephen Thornton; M. Bird Woods; T.K. Woods, Jr.; David Vanroijen; James McIlnay; Molly McIlnay; Julia Schneider; Mitch McCullough; Edward L. Ayers; Abby Ayers; Piedmont Environmental Council; Citizens for Fauquier County; Scenic America; Local Government Attorneys Association of Virginia, Incorporated; Virginia Association of Counties; Virginia Municipal League; Appalachian Trail Conference, Amici Curiae. 360° Communications Company of Charlottesville, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Defendant-Appellee. Kevin Dudley; Barbara Dudley; Carr Dorman; Margaret Dorman; Jacob Loeser; Connie Loeser; Stephen Innes; Bill O. Mahone; Irma Mahone; Maryanne Rodeheaver; Stephen Thornton; M. Bird Woods; T.K. Woods, Jr.; David Vanroijen; James McIlnay; Molly McIlnay; Julia Schneider; Mitch McCullough; Edward L. Ayers; Abby Ayers; Piedmont Environmental Council; Citizens for Fauquier County; Scenic America; Local Government Attorneys Association of Virginia, Incorporated; Virginia Association of Counties; Virginia Municipal League; Appalachian Trail Conference, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Larry Wade Davis, Office of the County Attorney, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Melvin Earl Gibson, Jr., Tremblay & Smith, L.L.P., Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Gustav Gregory Kamptner, Office of the County Attorney, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Patricia D. McGraw, Tremblay & Smith, L.L.P., Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee. George R. St. John, St. John, Bowling & Lawrence, L.L.P., Charlottesville, Virginia, for Amici Curiae Dudley, et al. Kathleen Rogers, Piedmont Environmental Council, Warrenton, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae Council, et al. William Malone, John L. Knight, Henrico County Attorney, Sterling Rives, Hanover County Attorney, C. Flippo Hicks, Mark K. Flynn, Miller & Van Eaton, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Local Government Attorneys, et al. Andrew T. Hyman, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; Charles W. Sloan, Sloan & Swedish, Vienna, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae Appalachian Trail Conference.

Before NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, CHASANOW, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation, and DAVIS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


Reversed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge CHASANOW and Judge DAVIS joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Applying the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the district court entered an injunction, on the motion of 360° Communications, Inc., directing the Albemarle County (Virginia) Board of Supervisors to issue a special-use permit to 360° Communications for the construction of a wireless communications...

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