Chattanooga, Wilson File Joint Motion To Combine Cases Against FCC

Lawyers for Chattanooga and Wilson, North Carolina filed a joint motion with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to consolidate the municipal broadband cases and modify the briefing schedule, said a filing Tuesday. The cases petition for review of a single FCC Order which pre-empted laws in both Tennessee and North Carolina, which is why the lawyers said it makes sense to combine the cases. For the same reason, the briefing schedule should be modified, as well, the filing said (see 1507210034).