Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League

Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 12, 2004 Decided March 24, 2004
Full case name	Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri v. Missouri Municipal League et al.
Docket no.	02-1238
Citations	541 U.S. 125 (more)
Holding
States may regulate telecommunication services provided by municipal governments without running afoul of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Souter, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer
Concurrence	Scalia, joined by Thomas
Dissent	Stevens
Laws applied
Section 253(a) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League, 541 U.S. 125 (2004), is a U.S. Supreme Court case decided on March 24, 2004. The case concerned the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to preempt state law under § 253(a) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.