La. Streaming Franchise Fee Suit Joins List of Remands to State Courts

Litigation brought by Kenner, Louisiana, seeking franchise fees from Netflix and Hulu (see 2112230003), is being remanded from federal court to state court. U.S. District Judge Greg Guidry of New Orleans in a docket 2:21-cv-00445 order Thursday said the streaming defendants, in opposing the remand, "seek federal court intervention in matters over which the state of Louisiana and its municipalities have traditionally enjoyed wide regulatory latitude -- specifically, utility regulation and gross revenue fees" -- by asking it to interpret the Louisiana Consumer Choice for Television Act. Multiple such franchise fee suits have been remanded to state courts (see 2203240053).