Legal Opinion
Continental Cablevision, Inc. v. Storer Broadcasting Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 31, 1986No. Civ. A. 80-2929-SPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON CONSOLIDATED PRETRIAL MOTIONS
SKINNER, District Judge.
This litigation began in 1980, when Continental Cablevision, Inc. (“Continental”) filed suit in this court against Storer Broadcasting Company (“Storer”) alleging, in essence, that Storer defamed Continental in Missouri in order to prevail in a cable television licensing competition which was to determine which firm would receive a license to operate a cable television franchise in Florissant, Missouri. I granted summary judgment to Storer on Cablevision’s claims by Memorandum and Order dated December 28, 1984. That…
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