Legal Opinion
Comcast of Illinois X v. Multi-Vision Electronics, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 29, 2007No. 06-3765PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Comcast of Illinois initiated this action against Multivision Electronics 1 and its sole officer and shareholder, Ronald J. Ab-boud, alleging that they had violated the Cable Communications Policy Act and injured Comcast by illegally distributing cable descramblers. The district court 2 granted Comcast’s motion for summary judgment. After a hearing on damages, it awarded Comcast $2,188,115 in damages for which Multivision and Abboud were held to be jointly and severally liable. They appeal, arguing that the district court erred by granting summary judgment to Comcast,…
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