Jan. 8 Jury Trial Set in T-Mobile, Crown Castle Dispute With N.M. Landlord

Sept. 18 is the hard termination date for discovery in the T-Mobile and Crown Castle cell tower lease dispute with property owner Academy Medical (see 2211300001), said a scheduling order signed Tuesday (docket 1:22-cv-00910) by U.S. District Judge James Browning for New Mexico in Albuquerque. Jury selection and trial in a “trailing docket” will begin Jan. 8, it said. Lessee T-Mobile and subtenant Crown Castle allege Academy is blocking Crown Castle from upgrading the tower on space leased from Academy for Dish Network’s 5G network buildout. Academy countersued, alleging T-Mobile’s assignment of sublease rights to Crown Castle and in turn to Dish Network without notifying Academy prevented the property owner from exercising its contractual right to object to the sublease (see 2301130001).