Oral Argument Hiked to 30 Minutes Each in Cities’ Challenge to FCC’s June 2020 Ruling

Oral argument on the three consolidated petitions to set aside the FCC’s June 2020 declaratory wireless infrastructure ruling (see 2305010050) is increased to 30 minutes per side, said a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals order Monday (dockets 20-71765, 20-72734 and 20-72749). Oral argument is scheduled for 9 a.m. PDT July 11 in San Francisco. The main petitioners are the League of California Cities, the League of Oregon Cities and the individual California cities of Glendora, Rancho Palos Verdes and Torrance. They allege the June 2020 ruling unlawfully preempts local and state government authority over wireless telecommunications facilities and was promulgated without response to the arguments they raised in the record, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.