Legal Opinion
Marcus Cable Associates, L.L.C. v. City of Bristol
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided December 12, 2002No. 1:02 CV-00197PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JONES, District Judge.
The principal question in this case is whether under Virginia law a municipality may operate a cable television system in competition with private companies. One of the competing cable companies argues that absence additional state legislation, the City of Bristol is legally unable to enter the cable television business. After careful consideration, I agree and will prohibit the City from operating a cable system.
There are important questions that I do not decide. One question is whether cable customers in Bristol are likely to have better and cheaper cable…
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