Legal Opinion

Tele-Communications of Key West, Inc. v. United States of America

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 2, 1985No. 84-5008PublishedCited by 94 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a District Court order dismissing, for failure to state a claim, a complaint filed by Tele-Communications of Key West, Inc. (TCI), a purveyor of cable television service. The issue presented is whether the dismissal was, in fact, proper under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). As discussed below, we hold that the District Court erroneously dismissed TCI’s First and Fifth Amendment claims but properly dismissed TCI’s statutory antitrust claim. Consequently, we affirm in part and…

2Cases cited30 opinions

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