Multi-Channel TV Cable Co. v. Charlottesville Quality Cable Operating Co.

Affirmed in part and vacated in part by published opinion. Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON and Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.. This appeal represents the latest in a series to come before the court stemming from a dispute over cable franchise rights in Char-lottesville, Virginia. In this appeal, defendant/appellant, Charlottesville Quality Cable (CQC), contests the magistrate judge’s determination, following a bench trial, that it was civilly liable for statutory conspiracy, see Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-499(B) (Michie 1994). CQC also…