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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 METROPCS CALIFORNIA, LLC, Case No. 3:17-cv-05959-JD

Plaintiff,

FINDINGS OF FACT AND

v. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

ALICE REYNOLDS, et al., Defendants.

Plaintiff MetroPCS California, LLC (MetroPCS), a provider of prepaid cell phone plans in California, has sued the Commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a declaration that, as applied to MetroPCS, two CPUC resolutions governing the calculation of surcharges on MetroPCS’s revenues from intrastate telecommunications service are preempted by federal law. MetroPCS asks that the CPUC be permanently enjoined from enforcing the contested resolutions against it for the calendar years 2017 and 2018. This order brings to a close a case that has been litigated for several years before two district judges and the court of appeals. The parties’ most recent cross-motions for summary judgment were denied, Dkt. No. 210, and the Court held a one-day bench trial, Dkt. No. 232. …