Legal Opinion
Dispatch, Inc. v. City of Erie
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 28, 1965No. Civ. A. 87-65PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLSON, District Judge.
The relief sought in this civil action is solely that of an injunction. Plaintiff Dispatch, Inc., is a Pennsylvania corporation with its principal place of business in the City of Erie in this District. It owns and operates television and radio stations known as WICU, being duly licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. The defendant City of Erie is a municipal corporation of the third class under the law of Pennsylvania. The Council of the City of Erie is the legislative body which governs the operation of the city government. The Court permitted Erie…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Poe v. UllmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Southern Railway Co. v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Fisher's Blend Station, Inc. v. State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Central Railroad v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Dispatch, Inc. v. City of Erie and Council of the City of Erie and Erie Television Corporation, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Paragould Cablevision, Inc. v. City of ParagouldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
- Lamb Enterprises, Inc. v. City of ErieDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
- Lamb Enterprises, Inc. v. City of ErieCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Lamb Enterprises, Inc. v. City Of ErieCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968