Legal Opinion
Erie Telecommunications, Inc. v. City of Erie, Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 28, 1988No. 87-3648PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Erie Telecommunications, Inc. (“ETI”) commenced this action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the City of Erie, Pennsylvania (“City”), challenging the validity of a franchise agreement and a related side access agreement entered into by the parties in 1980. The agreements, each for a term of ten years, awarded ETI a cable television franchise in exchange for an initial payment of $3 million, in addition to various other types of consideration.
In the district court, ETI claimed that the…
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