Legal Opinion
Louisiana Cablevision v. Louisiana Public Service Commission
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 26, 1985No. CA 84 1114PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOTTINGER, Judge.
In this appeal, we are asked whether the Louisiana Public Service Commission has the authority to regulate the rates, terms, and conditions of “pole attachment” agreements between utility companies and cable television operators.
Appellants are cable television operators who provide cable television services to individual subscribers by transmitting television images over coaxial cables. For convenience, economic and aesthetic reasons, the cables linking the operators with the subscribers are almost always attached to existing utility poles. To accomplish this, cable companies…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- LA. CONSUMERS'LEAGUE, INC. v. La. Public Serv.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Florida Power Corporation v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Cable Television Co. v. Illinois Commerce CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- General Telephone Co. of Upstate New York, Inc. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Morehouse Natural Gas Co. v. Louisiana Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1962
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Louisiana Cablevision v. LOUISIANA PSCSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- Tubos De Acero De Mexico, S.A. v. American International Investment Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Louisiana Cablevision v. Louisiana Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986