General Electric Cablevision Corp. v. City of Peoria

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment rendered by the Circuit Court of Peoria County, Illinois, which interpreted the provisions of a community antenna television franchise ordinance of the City of Peoria, the defendant; found General Electric Cablevision Corporation, the plaintiff, to be not in default under the ordinance for having not yet completed construction of a CATV system in Peoria; and issued an injunction against the City as prayed by G.E. in its complaint.

The CATV franchise ordinance was passed April 5, 1966, after extensive research of the subject, revision of drafts, and…