Cablevision of the Midwest, Inc. v. Gross

This case presents the court with two interrelated issues. First, we must decide whether Cablevision is a communications business under R.C. 4931.11, thereby entitling it to exercise the power of eminent domain described in R.C. 4931.04. Second, in the event we answer the first issue in the negative, we must decide whether the city of North Royalton, which possesses the power of eminent domain as an Ohio municipality, validly delegated that power to Cable-*544vision, a cable television franchisee, for the purpose of providing cable television service to residents of the municipality. Because we…