CITY OF EUGENE v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N

Nos. 19-4161/4162/4163/4164/4165/4166/4183.

998 F.3d 701 (2021)

CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON (19-4161); City of Portland, Oregon, et al. (19-4162); State of Hawaii (19-4163); Alliance for Communications Democracy, et al. (19-4164); Anne Arundel County, Maryland, et al. (19-4165); City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (19-4166); City of Chicago, Illinois, et al. (19-4183), Petitioners, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents, NCTA — The Internet & Television Association (19-4161-4166/4183); City of New York, New York, et al. (19-4162); Bloomfield Township, Michigan, et al. (19-4165); City of Aurora, Colorado, et al. (19-4183), Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 26, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Tillman L. Lay , SPIEGEL & McDIARMID LLP, Washington, D.C., Cheryl A. Leanza , BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners. Maureen K. Flood , FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Respondents. Jessica Ring Amunson , JENNER & BLOCK, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor NCTA. ON BRIEF: Tillman L. Lay , James N. Horwood , Jeffrey M. Bayne , SPIEGEL & McDIARMID LLP, Washington, D.C., Cheryl A. Leanza , Joseph Van Eaton , Gerard Lavery Lederer , BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP, Washington, D.C., Gail A. Karish , BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP, Los Angeles, California, Michael R. Bradley , Vincent Rotty , Michael Clarke Athay , BRADLEY LAW, LLC, Woodbury, Minnesota, Michael J. Watza , KITCH DRUTCHAS WAGNER VALITUTTI & SHERBROOK, Detroit, Michigan, Daniel S. Cohen , Joel S. Winston , COHEN LAW GROUP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kenneth S. Fellman , KISSINGER & FELLMAN, P.C., Denver, Colorado, Brian T. Grogan , MOSS & BARNETT, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Petitioners and Intervenors. Maureen K. Flood , Jacob M. Lewis , FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., Robert B. Nicholson , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondents. Jessica Ring Amunson , Howard J. Symons , Ian Heath Gershengorn , Elizabeth B. Deutsch , JENNER & BLOCK, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor NCTA. Elina Druker , NEW YORK CITY OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, New York, New York, for Intervenors City of New York, et al.

Before: McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Over the past 15 years, the Federal Communications Commission has published a series of written orders that, together with Title VI of the Communications Act ("the Act"), 47 U.S.C. § 521 et seq., set forth rules by which state and local governments may regulate cable providers. Numerous local...

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