Ruling on local government liability in wireless tower case [US SC] News
Ruling on local government liability in wireless tower case [US SC]

City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Scalia, March 22, 2005 [limiting the liability local governments face in fights over cell phone towers, holding that a small California town does not have to pay millions in attorneys' fees and damages to a local business man]. Excerpt:

Enforcement of §332(c)(7)through §1983 would distort the scheme of expedited judicial review and limited remedies created by §332(c)(7)(B)(v).We therefore hold that the TCA —by providing a judicial remedy different from §1983 in §332(c)(7)itself —precluded resort to §1983.The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed,and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Read the full text of the opinion here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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"Lord Haw-Haw" sentenced to death for broadcasting Nazi propaganda

On September 19, 1945, a British court sentenced to death American-born William Joyce, known as "Lord Haw-Haw," for his Nazi propaganda broadcasts during World War II.

The photo above shows Joyce addessing a rally of British fascists in the 1930s. Listen to a montage of clips from Joyce's broadcasts, with Joyce's trademark introduction "Germany calling, Germany calling...". Joyce was hanged on January 6, 1946.