COMCAST OF SACRAMENTO I v. SACRAMENTO METRO. CABLE

Nos. 17-16847 17-16923.

923 F.3d 1163 (2019)

COMCAST OF SACRAMENTO I, LLC; Comcast of Sacramento II, LLC; Comcast of Sacramento III, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN CABLE TELEVISION COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 8, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred A. Rowley, Jr. (argued), Jeffrey Y. Wu (argued), and Aaron Pennekamp , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; Donald B. Verrilli Jr. , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jill B. Rowe , Scott M. McLeod , and Patrick M. Rosvall , Cooper White & Cooper LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Harriet A. Steiner (argued) and Joshua Nelson , Best Best & Krieger LLP, Sacramento, California, for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Allison W. Meredith and Jeremy B. Rosen , Horvitz & Levy LLP, Burbank, California, for Amicus Curiae California Chamber of Commerce.

Karin Dougan Vogel , J. Aaron George , and Gardner Gillespie , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae California Cable & Telecommunications Association.

Jeffrey M. Bayne , Tillman L. Lay , and James N. Horwood , Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae The Alliance for Community Media and The Alliance for Communications Democracy.

Travis Van Ligten and Jeffrey T. Melching , Rutan & Tucker LLP, Costa Mesa, California, for Amici Curiae League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties, and Scan Natoa, Inc.

Before: Consuelo M. Callahan and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Fernando M. Olguin, District Judge.


OPINION

Under federal law, local authorities and municipalities, involved in the regulation of cable television services within their boundaries, are exempted from civil money damages liability in any lawsuit for any claim arising from the regulation of cable...

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