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II.W« r«vi«w d« no/o the district court's grant of sunnary <br />judgiwnt. nnn-.d st.f« «x r«l. Claw Y. HumfllUtf. Inn... r.ia <br />«05, *07 («th Clr- !»»*)• •«e»u*« th« parti** aqr«* that no <br />•atarlai fact* ar# in dtaputa, auiwary )udqi«nt 1* approprlat# in <br />favor of th* party that i* antltlad a* a aattar of lav to a <br />judqaant in Ita favor. Sal rad. R. civ. r. 5«(c)! gflpttx Carp. If.. <br />Catratt. *77 U.S. J17, 326 (1»»6). <br />Caaa* eantarlnq on aonlnq raqulation* qovarninq aaataur radio <br />antanna tovar* praaant a uhiqua tanaion aaonq vha variou. parti**' <br />intaraat*. on th* on* hand, a local ■unlcipallty, throuqh th* <br />axarcia* of it* traditional polic* povar*, ••v roqulat* th* haiqht <br />and placaaant of radio antanna tovar* araetad in r*»id*ntlal <br />dlatrlct*. A aanlclpaltty'* aotivatlon* for auch rogulatlon <br />includ* th* po**ibllltio* that an antanna nay blocR th* lln* of <br />•iqht of padaatrlana or drlvorai conatitut* a pronlnont ayaaor* <br />that *1*0 nay intorfar* vith a »e*nlc vlav; fall on naarby <br />raaidoneaa; or doer**** proparty valua*. <br />Xnataur radio oparator*, on th* othar hand, plainly hav* an <br />intsrsst in Mintsining successful sssteur cosnunications and in <br />sustaining a strong network of radio asateurs* The federal <br />governnent's Interests are aligned with those of the asateurs, for <br />esateur radio volunteers afford reliable esergency preparedness, <br />national security, and disaster relief cossunlcatlons. Because <br />there is a direct correlation between an amateur's antenna height <br />and her ability successfully to transait and receive radio signals, <br />federal Interests are furthered when local regulations do not <br />unduly restrict the erection of amateur radio antennas. <br />The rcc was attempting to referee the tension between these <br />interests rfhen it issued WB-1, in which it attempted to strike a <br />balance between the federal interest in promoting amateur <br />-4-