ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA, et al., Petitioners,
State of Hawaii; City and County of San Francisco; National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Inc.; City of New York; City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; City of White Plains, New York; City of Wilmington, Delaware, Intervenors,
v.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents,
Ad Hoc Telecom Manufacturer Coalition; Qwest Communications International, Inc.; USTelecom; Verizon; AT & T, Intervenors.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: February 6, 2008.
Decided and Filed: June 27, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Alan G. Fishel, Arent Fox, LLP, Washington, D.C., Joseph L. Van Eaton, Miller & Van Eaton, Washington, D.C., Howard J. Symons, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners. James M. Carr, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., for Respondents. Joseph L. Van Eaton, Miller & Van Eaton, Washington, D.C., Michael K. Kellogg, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, Washington, D.C., for Intervenors. ON BRIEF: Alan G. Fishel, Jeffrey E. Rummel, Arent Fox, LLP, Washington, D.C., Christopher J. White, Department of Public Advocate, Newark, New Jersey, Michael S. Schooler, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Washington, D.C., Matthew C. Ames, Joseph L. Van Eaton, Miller & Van Eaton, Washington, D.C., Kenneth S. Fellman, Kissinger & Fellman, Denver, Colorado, for Petitioners. James M. Carr, Laurence N. Bourne, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., Steven J. Mintz, Robert B. Nicholson, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondents. William K. Sanders, City Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California, Michael S. Schooler, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Washington, D.C., Tillman Lay, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D.C., Joseph L. Van Eaton, Miller & Van Eaton, Washington, D.C., Rodney L. Joyce, Joyce & Associates, Chevy Chase, Maryland, Michael K. Kellogg, Colin S. Stretch, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, Washington, D.C., for Intervenors. James N. Horwood, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, D.C., Lani L. Williams, Local Government Lawyer's Round Table, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, for Amici Curiae.
Before: SUHRHEINRICH, COLE, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
OPINION
R. GUY COLE, JR., Circuit Judge.
Following a notice-and-comment rulemaking procedure, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC," "Commission," or "the agency") released an order ("the Order") adopting rules interpreting and implementing section 621(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 ("the Act"), 47 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1), which prohibits local franchising authorities from "unreasonably refus[ing] to award" competitive cable franchises. The...
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