Legal Opinion
American Tower, L.P. v. Local TV Iowa, L.L.C.
Court of Appeals of Iowa
Decided November 9, 2011No. 11-0276PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVaitheswaran, P.J.
In this dispute between a lessor and lessee of a broadcasting tower, we must decide whether the district court erred in rejecting breach-of-contract and equitable estoppel claims.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings
American Tower, L.P., the developer of a television broadcasting tower in Slater, Towa, agreed to lease space on the tower to WHO-TV for a period of fifteen years. WHO-TV was later sold, and the lease agreement was assigned to Local TV.
Local TV decided not to broadcast its digital signal from the Slater tower, as it had an ownership interest in another tower that was cheaper to use.…
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