Document Type
Note
Publication Date
3-1998
Publication Citation
50 Federal Communications Law Journal 441 (1998)
Abstract
Section 253 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was promulgated in an effort to remove unnecessary regulation by local governments and open up competition among local phone companies, cable providers, and other telecommunications concerns. However, this provision effectively prohibits local governments from managing their rights-of-way. Furthermore, it violates modern Fifth Amendment takings jurisprudence, Section 253 and the first three FCC and court decisions examining it not only have jeopardized effective municipal management and resource allocation discretion, but also have usurped local governments' property rights without just compensation in explicit violation of the United States Constitution.
Recommended Citation
Worstell, Jennifer L.
(1998)
"Section 253 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: A Permanent Physical Appropriation of Private Property that Must Be Justly Compensated,"
Federal Communications Law Journal: Vol. 50:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/fclj/vol50/iss2/6
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