Legal Opinion
City of Issaquah v. Teleprompter Corp.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 22, 1980No. 46145PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This case, which comes to us on certification from Division One of the Court of Appeals, poses the following question: Is a city authorized to acquire, own and operate a cable television system within its municipal borders? The trial court held that it is, and we affirm.
Respondent City of Issaquah (city) is a noncharter code city of the State of Washington. Teleprompter Corporation, a New York corporation authorized to do business in Washington, and its wholly owned subsidiaries Northwest Cablevision, Inc., and Color Cablevision, Inc., carry on a cable television business as Teleprompter of…
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