Legal Opinion
San Juan Cable LLC v. Puerto Rico Telephone Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 15, 2010No. 09-1965PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents two separate, but related, issues of statutory construction. The first poses a question that has not been answered at the federal appellate level: does a cable operator have an im plied private right of action to enforce section 541(b)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (Cable Act), 47 U.S.C. § 541(b)(1), against a rival who has violated that provision? The second issue requires us to revisit a question that we have answered before: does a cable operator have standing, under section 401(b) of the Communications Policy Act of 1984…
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