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5th Circuit Sets June 7 Oral Argument in Crown Castle v. Pasadena, Texas

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled oral argument for June 7 at 9 a.m. CDT in New Orleans in the city of Pasadena, Texas, appeal against Crown Castle, said a calendar clerk’s notice Friday (docket 22-20454). Pasadena argues…

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the minimum spacing and undergrounding requirements in the city’s design manual for Crown Castle's small-cell installations are “facially valid” and consistent with the city’s authority (see 2212090044). Crown Castle sued Pasadena in September 2020, asserting the Telecommunications Act preempts the spacing requirement in the city’s design manual because that manual significantly limits the locations where it may install small-cell nodes and node support poles in the public rights of way.