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Case Nos. 05-56076, 05-56435 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT SPRINT TELEPHONY PCS L.P., Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, vs. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants. BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, ET AL. IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS- APPELLEES COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, ET AL.
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Rehearing En Banc
DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669 City Attorney THERESA L. MUELLER, State Bar #172681 Chief Energy and Telecommunications Deputy WILLIAM K. SANDERS, State Bar #154156 THOMAS J. LONG, State Bar #172681 Deputy City Attorneys City Hall, Room 234 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, California 94102-4682 Telephone: (415) 554-6771 Facsimile: (415) 554-4757 E-Mail: william.sanders@sfgov.org
Attorneys for Amici Curiae National League of Cities, et al.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ................................................................................... iii I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ...................1 II. ARGUMENT ........................................................................................4 A. THE DISTRICT COURT USED THE WRONG
STANDARDS TO DETERMINE WHETHER
FEDERAL LAW PREEMPTED THE WTO .............................4 1. The District Court Failed To Apply the
Presumption Against Preemption .....................................4 2. The District Court Ignored Well-Settled Principles
of Statutory Construction..................................................7 B. THE DISTRICT COURT SHOULD NOT HAVE
APPLIED

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