· 4/2/1999
Town of Amherst v. Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, Inc.
Citations
- 173 F.3d 9
- 1999 WL 174253
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- wireless provider “may think that even from an aesthetic standpoint, its solution is the best. But subject to an outer limit, such choices are just what Congress has reserved to the town.”
- “The statutory provision before us, 47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7), is a deliberate compromise between two competing aims—to facilitate nationally the growth of wireless telephone service and to maintain substantial local control over siting of towers.”
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Judges: Boudin, Bownes, Lynch
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