Summary
Professor Jeffrey Fisher is mentioned in this USA Today article regarding his representation of T-Mobile before the Supreme Court in the case T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell, Georgia.
The Supreme Court sided with cellphone providers over municipal governments Wednesday in a dispute over the siting of cell towers.
In an unusual 6-3 split, the court’s majority said that under the Telecommunications Act, local governments must provide reasons for denying a cell tower application around the time of the denial. In this case, the city of Roswell, Ga., notified T-Mobile South 26 days later, leaving only four days to challenge the denial in court.
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Jeffrey Fisher, the Stanford University law professor representing the company, said many potential reasons could be gleaned from a reading of the minutes, but the letter of denial didn’t specify which was paramount. “All we want to know is why the application was denied,” he said.
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