Cable Vision, Inc., and Idaho Microwave, Inc. v. Kutv, Inc., the Klix Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.
In response to an antitrust action brought against it, KLIX-TV, appellees here, filed the counterclaim which is the subject of this appeal. Claiming exclusive rights by virtue of contract to the first run of its affiliated network television programs, it asserted that under Idaho law the activities of community antenna operators, appellants here, constituted tortious interference with those contractual rights and unfair competition in that the community antenna receives identical programs broadcast by other and distant stations and distributes them for profit…
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