Legal Opinion
City of Owensboro v. Top Vision Cable Co. of Kentucky
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided September 22, 1972PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Commissioner.
The City of Owensboro advertised for bids for a franchise to provide the citizens with community antenna television service (CATV). Top Vision Cable Company of Kentucky was granted the franchise. Pertinent provisions of the franchise agreement were as follows:
The effective date was December 17, 1965, with the grantees’ having the privilege of continuing for 15 years.
Top Vision was granted the right to use the public ways of the city necessary for proper installation and maintenance of the system and also the city granted Top Vision the right, insofar as it could, to use…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Midwest Video Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Louisville Home Telephone Co. v. City of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
- Spalding v. City of LebanonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- People's Transit Co. v. Louisville Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1927
- Willis v. BoydCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Communications Systems, Inc. v. City of Danville, Kentucky Rv Cablevision, Inc. George Cunningham Mark Dexter Roy Arnold and John BowlingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Community Tele-Communications, Inc. v. Heather Corp.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- Akers v. Floyd County Fiscal CourtKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
- Rose City Transit Co. v. City of PortlandCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1974
- Hopkinsville Cable TV, Inc. v. Pennyroyal Cablevision, Inc.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1982
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