Settlement Conference in Rochester Fees Cases Adjourned to March 30

U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian Payson for Western New York in Rochester adjourned Tuesday’s scheduled settlement conference to March 30 at 1:30 p.m. EDT in the three related infrastructure complaints brought by Crown Castle (docket 6:20-cv-06866), Extenet (6:20-cv-07129) and Verizon (6:19-cv-06583) challenging the city of Rochester’s wireless deployment fees, said a text-only entry in each of the three dockets. A single consolidated bench trial of the three cases is to begin June 1 and 2 (see 2212200065). Common to the complaints are the allegations Rochester’s fees significantly exceed a reasonable approximation of the city’s actual costs of maintaining the rights-of-way used or occupied by telecommunications service providers, in violation of Section 253 of the Telecommunications Act.