Wireless industry asks Supreme Court to review RF-health headset case.(News)

RCR Wireless News, August, 2005

Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER

The wireless industry asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn an appeals-court ruling that allowed state courts to handle lawsuits regarding the possible negative health effects of using handheld wireless phones, an expected move as the issue moves its way through the courts.

"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit's endorsement of a state common law broadside into the coherence and uniformity of federal-radio regulation, standing alone, makes this case one of exceptional importance and worthy of this court's plenary review. Both Congress and the Federal Communications Commission have repeatedly recognized that a reliable and seamless interstate wireless network is a national resource-essential...

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