Legal Opinion
Cableamerica Corp. v. Federal Trade Commission
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided April 13, 1992No. CV-91-N-2932-NEPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
EDWIN L. NELSON, District Judge.
I. Background.
In this civil action, the plaintiffs ask the court to enjoin the Federal Trade Commission [“FTC”] from conducting a premerger antitrust investigation under provisions of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18a [“HSR Act”]. Following the decision of this court in Cable Alabama Corporation v. City of Huntsville, Ala., et al., 768 F.Supp. 1484 (N.D.Ala.1991), Comcast Corporation [“Comcast”], a cable system operator serving Huntsville, Alabama, agreed to purchase the competing Huntsville cable operation…
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