Legal Opinion
Blab T v. of Mobile, Inc. v. Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 30, 1999No. 97-6804PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we determine, as a matter of first impression, whether section 612 of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 completely preempts state-law tort and breach of contract claims involving “leased access” cable channels such that the claims are removable to federal court. The district court ruled that section 612 converted the state-law claims into claims arising under federal question jurisdiction, and thus denied a motion to remand the claims to state court. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we conclude that Congress has not manifested…
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