Meridian Charter Township v. Roberts

Plaintiif appeals as of right a lower court order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants. The basis of the trial judge’s ruling, as evidenced by his comments from the bench at a December 3, 1980, proceeding, appears to be a finding by the judge that the plaintiif township was without .authority to require a cable television service operating exclusively within the bounds of a private apartment complex to be franchised under its cable communications ordinance. At an October 29, 1980, proceeding, the trial judge held that the circuit court was without power to grant equitable relief…