Legal Opinion
Kessler v. Town of Niskayuna
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided October 10, 1991No. 91-CV-104, 91-CV-464PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
McCURN, Chief Judge.
I. OVERVIEW
This consolidated motion arises from litigation over two families’ (plaintiffs) plans to install and/or maintain satellite television receive-only dish antennas (“TVROs”) on the rooftops of their respective homes in Niskayuna, New York (defendant). The defendant has prevented one family from installing the satellite dish and is threatening legal action against the other if it does not remove the dish from its roof. The plaintiffs have brought this action to resolve the issue of whether federal law or the United States Constitution…
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