Legal Opinion
Rhames v. City of Biddeford
District Court, D. Maine
Decided May 24, 2002No. CIV. 02-112-P-HPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
HORNBY, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff has requested a temporary restraining order. The issue is whether I should order the City of Biddeford to reactivate its public access cable television channel so that Biddeford citizen Richard Rhames can resume his broadcasts on the channel. By ordinance, Biddeford has discontinued all broadcasts. It says that it is doing so only temporarily, so that it can improve its access rules in light of court challenges. Plaintiff Rhames asserts that the real reason for the shutdown is that the City Council is…
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