Aurora Cable Communications, Inc. v. Jones Intercable, Inc.

OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.

Tribune Company, Inc., successor in interest to defendant Tribune Cable Communications, Inc. (“Tribune”) and Jones Inter-cable, Inc., and Cable TV Fund 12-BCD Venture, (“Jones”) moves for partial summary judgment on the four counts of Aurora’s complaint.

BACKGROUND

Aurora brought this action after it failed to successfully establish a second, “overbuild,” cable television system in the cities of Houghton and Hancock intending to compete with Tribune. Tribune had served the area for about twenty years and it is contended its technology had become…