Madison Cablevision, Inc. v. City of Morganton

MEYER, Justice.

The posture of this case is somewhat unusual in that the issues presented on appeal to this Court are intermeshed with other issues yet to be decided in an action pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. We thus discuss the posture of the case at some length. The only issues presented to this Court for decision in this case are as follows: (1) whether the provisions of chapter 160A, article 16, part 1 of the North Carolina General Statutes which authorize cities to finance, acquire, construct, own, and operate a cable television…