Legal Opinion
Storer Cable Communications, Inc. v. City of Montgomery
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided June 17, 1993No. Civ. A. 90-T-958-NPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
Several cable television companies initially brought this lawsuit against defendant City of Montgomery, Alabama, challenging the legality of two municipal ordinances. The plaintiffs—Storer Cable Communications, Inc., ESPN, Inc., Satellite Services, Inc., and Turner Network Television, Inc.—contended that the ordinances violated a number of federal constitutional provisions and statutes, as well as Alabama law. Montgomery Cablevision Entertainment, Inc., a new local cable television operator in Montgomery, intervened as a defendant and filed a counterclaim…
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