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TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOARD v. CTIA-WIRELESS ASS'N

No. 12-2427.

752 F.3d 60 (2014)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY BOARD OF PUERTO RICO; Sandra Torres-López, in her official capacity as President of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico; Vicente Aguirre-Iturrino, in his official capacity as Associate Member of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico; Nixyvette Santini-Hernández, in her official capacity as Associate Member of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico; and Alejandro García-Padilla, in his official capacity as Governor of Puerto Rico, Defendants, Appellants, v. CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Reklaitis , with whom Cynthia Fleming Crawford and Leclair Ryan , were on brief for appellants.

Todd M. Hinnen , with whom John K. Roche and Perkins Coie LLP, were on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and KAYATTA, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this case is a law passed by the government of Puerto Rico to obtain information about the owners of prepaid cell phones. The Puerto Rican government passed the Act of Dec. 27, 2011, No. 280, 2011 P.R. Laws 2963 (codified at P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 27, §§ 531-539 (Supp.2013)) (the "Registry Act"), in order to combat the use of anonymous prepaid cell phones for criminal purposes in Puerto Rico. The Registry Act functions...

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