Legal Opinion
Century Federal, Inc. v. City of Palo Alto, Cal.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 3, 1986No. C-85-2168 EFLPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
LYNCH, District Judge.
This action involves an aspiring cable television operator’s first amendment challenge to the defendant municipalities’ use of an exclusive franchising arrangement to limit to one the number of cable operators granted access to those facilities necessary to install cables within the defendants’ boundaries. Plaintiff now moves for an order granting partial summary judgment on the issue of liability, asking this Court to hold as a matter of law that such a government-imposed restriction on the number of cable speakers is facially…
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- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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- Chicago Cable Communications v. Chicago Cable CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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