Harrelson v. Cable-Vision, Inc.

Appellants, plaintiffs below, brought a class action for themselves and on behalf of other subscribers to appellee’s cable television system which it operated in Monroe County pursuant to an exclusive franchise granted by the state of Florida, Monroe County, and the City of Key West. By their second amended complaint, appellants sought damages from appellee, defendant below, for alleged installation charges in excess of those allowed to be charged by appellee under its franchise agreement and damages they alleged were caused by discriminatory rate practices. The franchise agreement provided…