Legal Opinion

Multi-Channel TV Cable Co. v. Charlottesville Quality Cable Corp.

Charlottesville County Circuit Court

Decided June 8, 1992No. Case Nos. (Chancery) 7623, 7624, and 7627PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

By Judge Jay T. Swett

For several years, the complainant, Adelphia Cable, a subsidiary of the Multi-Channel TV Cable Company, has provided cable television service to much of the City of Charlottesville. This dispute comes before the Court on a request by Adelphia for a temporary injunction to prevent the owners of several apartment buildings from denying the tenants of those complexes access to Adelphia’s services.

This suit arose because the owners of several area rental housing complexes (Brandon Limited Partnership, L-R Investments, Madison Limited Partnership, Cabell Limited Partnership,…

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Multi-Channel TV Cable Co. v. Charlottesville Quality Cable Corp.Charlottesville County Circuit Court · 1992