Tennessee v. FCC
| Tennessee v. FCC | |
|---|---|
| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Full case name | State of Tennessee, State of North Carolina v. Federal Communications Commission |
| Decided | August 10, 2016 |
| Citation | 832 F.3d 597 |
| Case history | |
| Prior actions | Adjudication by the FCC preempting Tennessee and North Carolina from enforcing anti-expansion statutes. |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority: John M. Rogers, Joseph M. Hood Dissent in part: Helene White | |
| Laws applied | |
| Telecommunications Act of 1996 | |
Tennessee v. Federal Communications Commission, 832 F.3d 597 (2016), was a ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, holding that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority to preempt states from enforcing "anti-expansion" statutes that prohibit local municipal broadband networks from being expanded into nearby communities.