CTIA Court Filings

CTIA – The Wireless Association® represents the wireless industry in court proceedings by filing Amicus (or "friend-of-the-court") Briefs in support of important wireless interests. We participate in state- and federal-level proceedings, involving the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and various United States District Appellate Courts. Below you will find the briefs we have filed on a variety of topics.

• April 1, 2013: CTIA v. Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico, et al., United States District Court of Puerto Rico; Plaintiff-Appellee CTIA's Brief in Support of Oral Argument
• CTIA Files Comments with ICANN Opposing Closed Generic gTLDs
• CTIA Files Community Objection on .MOBILE in ICANN Proceeding
• November 19, 2012: CTIA v. The City and County of San Francisco, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Appellant CTIA answer to Appellee's Petition for Rehearing En Banc
• October 9, 2012: Retrospective Analysis of Existing Rules, United States International Trade Commission; Comments of CTIA
• Aug. 29, 2012: City of Arlington TX v. FCC, U.S. Supreme Court; Brief for Respondents CTIA and CellCo Partnership in Opposition
• July 30, 2012: Council Tree Investors, Inc. and Bethel Native Corporation v. FCC, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; Brief of Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents CTIA, TIA, and Mobile Future
• July 23, 2012: Ronan Telephone Company and Hot Springs Telephone Company v. FCC, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Brief of Amicus Curiae filed on behalf of CTIA in Support of Respondents
• June 29, 2012: Bowden and Peck v. AT&T Mobility LLC, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Supplemental Brief of CTIA in Support of AT&T Mobility, LLC
• March 3, 2012: CTIA v. Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico, et al., United states District Court of Puerto Rico; Plaintiff CTIA's Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss and Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction
• February 15, 2012: CTIA v. Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico, et al., United states District Court of Puerto Rico; Plaintiff CTIA's Complaint
• March 20, 2012: TracFone Wireless, Inc. and Virgin Mobile USA L.P. v. Commission on State Emergency Communications, Supreme Court of Texas; Brief of Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners' Brief
• March 7, 2012: CTIA v. The City and County of San Francisco, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Response and Reply Brief for Appellant CTIA
• March 5, 2012: American Electric Power Service Corporation, et al. v. FCC, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Brief for Non-Ilec Intervenors in Support of Respondents
• March 2, 2012: Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies, The United States Copyright Office and Library of Congress; Reply Comments of CTIA
• CTIA 1201 Circumvention Comments
• CTIA Amicus Brief in Chad Minnick, et al., v. Clearwire US, LLC
• CTIA Amicus Brief in Jared Peck, Plaintiff and James Bowden, Plaintiff-Appelant, v. Cingular Wireless LLC, et al.
• CTIA Amicus Brief in AKAMAI Technologies, Inc. & The Massacuesetts Institute of Technology v. Limelight Networks, Inc.
• CTIA Amicus Brief in McKesson Technologies Inc. v Epic Systems Corporation
• CTIA Amicus Brief in Commission of State Energy Communications v. Tracfone Wireless, Inc., TX Court of Appeals
• CTIA Amicus Brief in T-Mobile South LLC and Powertel Memphis, Inc. v. Leslie Bonet, et al., Supreme Court of Alabama.
• CTIA Amicus Brief in Virgin Mobile U.S.A. v. Commonwealth of KY Court of Appeals
• CTIA Amicus Brief in PAETEC Communications v. CommPartners, US Court of Appeals – DC Circuit
• CTIA Amicus Brief in Pendergast v. Sprint Nextel Corp., Supreme Court of Florida
• CTIA Amicus Brief in CMRS Board of Kentucky v. Tracfone, US District Court – Western District, KY
• CTIA Amicus Brief in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion  
• CTIA Amicus Brief in Francis Puleo et al. v. Chase Bank USA, US Court of Appeals – Third Circuit
• CTIA Amicus Brief in Stolt-Nielsen et al. v. Animalfeeds International Corp., US Supreme Court