Legal Opinion
Amsat Cable Ltd. v. Cablevision of Connecticut Ltd. Partnership
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 10, 1993No. 1032, Docket 92-9162PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
This case involves, inter alia, a constitutional challenge to the application of Connecticut’s mandatory cable access law, Conn. Gen.Stat. § 16-333a, a statute that guarantees franchised cable television companies access to apartment complexes currently exclusively serviced by satellite master antenna television (“SMATV”) companies on the request of complex residents.
BACKGROUND
Under the terms of § 16-333a, which is similar in certain respects to cable access statutes enacted in New York and other states, see, e.g., Ill.Rev.Stat. eh. 65 ILCS *8705/11-42-11.1; N.J.S.A. §…
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