Paragould Cablevision, Inc. v. City of Paragould

Morton Gitelman, Special Justice.

This is an appeal from the Greene County Chancery Court which entered a summary judgment dismissing the complaint of appellant, Paragould Cablevision, Inc. (Cablevision). Cablevision is the holder of a non-exclusive franchise to operate a cable television system in the appellee City of Paragould, Arkansas (City). The company has operated its system since 1963 and it has approximately 6,000 subscribers. The current franchise .expires December 9, 1993.

Sometime after the 1983 renewal of Cablevision’s franchise, citizens in Paragould expressed dissatisfaction with…