SCOTUS Distributes Cellphone Safety Cert Petition for May 18 Conference

The U.S. Supreme Court distributed for the justices’ May 18 conference the cert petition from two dozen iPhone users seeking to bring uniformity to the appellate courts’ decision-making over whether FCC guidelines “impliedly preempt” state law claims about RF radiation cellphone safety (see 2301270065), said a text-only docket entry Tuesday (docket 22-698). The petition seeks a reversal of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Aug. 26 opinion, affirming the district court’s summary judgment for Apple, based on federal law preemption of the state law claims.