T-Mobile USA Inc. v. City of Anacortes

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

T-MOBILE USA INC., a Delaware  corporation; et al., No. 08-35493 Plaintiffs-Appellees, v.  D.C. No. 2:07-cv-01644-RAJ CITY OF ANACORTES, a Washington

OPINION

municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 1, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed July 20, 2009

Before: William C. Canby, Jr., David R. Thompson and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Callahan

9205 9208 T-MOBILE USA v. ANACORTES

COUNSEL

Dan S. Lossing of Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder, P.S. of Bellevue, Washington, for the defendant-appellant.

T. Scott Thompson (argued) of Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP of Washington, D.C., and Linda Atkins of Bellevue, Wash- ington, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

OPINION

CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:

The City of Anacortes (the “City”) appeals the district court’s determination that the City’s denial of an application by T-Mobile USA, Inc. (“T-Mobile”) to erect a 116-foot monopole antenna at a…