Legal Opinion
General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1971No. 29246PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
This case involves consolidated petitions to review certain orders of the Federal Communications Commission. The disputed rules prohibit telephone companies (hereafter carriers) from furnishing CATV service in their telephone service areas, either directly or through affiliates, and disallows construction by them of cable facilities for independent CATV operators unless the carrier first offers to such operators the option of placing their own cables on the carriers’ poles. We affirm the Commission’s orders.
BACKGROUND
A community antenna television system (CATV) is a…
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