Legal Opinion
Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 1968No. 618PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The petitioner, Fortnightly Corporation, owns and operates community antenna television (CATV) systems in Clarksburg and Fairmont, West Virginia.1 There were no local television broadcasting stations in that immediate area until 1957. Now there are two, but, because of hilly terrain, most residents of the area cannot receive the broadcasts of any additional stations by ordinary rooftop antennas. Some of the residents have joined in *392erecting larger cooperative antennas in order to receive more distant stations, but a majority of the householders in both communities have solved the problem by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Cable Vision, Inc., and Idaho Microwave, Inc. v. Kutv, Inc., the Klix CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Jerome H. Remick & Co. v. American Automobile Accessories Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1925
- United Artists Television, Inc. v. Fortnightly CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by142 opinions
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- Gershwin Publishing Corporation v. Columbia Artists Management, Inc., and Community Concerts, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC CORP. Et Al. v. AIKENSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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