Legal Opinion
Cablevision of Boston Ltd. Partnership v. Flynn
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 30, 1989No. Civ. A. 88-0658-Y, 88-1526-YPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, District Judge.
On March 22,1988, Cablevision of Boston Limited Partnership, together with Cablevision Systems Boston Corporation and Charles F. Dolan, its General Partners (together, “Cablevision”), plaintiffs, filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts seeking a declaration that the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (the “Cable Act”), 47 U.S.C. sec. 521 et seq., pre-empts the municipal regulation of cable television rates with the result that Cablevision did not violate the terms of its license agreement with the…
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