CTIA, Berkeley Spar Over RF Emissions Ordinance

CTIA attacked the validity of a Berkeley, California, cellphone warning ordinance on RF emissions exposure, in oral argument Tuesday at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (see 1608260019). “Today we presented our argument that the lower court created new law in this case that dramatically weakens First Amendment protections and contradicts binding decisions of the Ninth Circuit as well as the Supreme Court,” a CTIA spokeswoman emailed. “The Ninth Circuit previously invalidated a similar cellphone ordinance in San Francisco.” The FCC, health experts and scientific evidence show the Berkeley warnings are misleading, she said. The city didn’t comment.