Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Virginia v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 24, 1993No. Civ. 92-1751-APublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
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Plaintiffs in this case, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia (“C & P”) and Bell Atlantic Video Services Company (“BVS”), both wholly-owned subsidiaries of Bell Atlantic Corporation, challenge the constitutionality under the First Amendment of certain provisions of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (the “1984 Cable Act”), 47 U.S.C. § 521, et seq. Specifically, plaintiffs challenge subsections (1) and (2) of 47 U.S.C. § 533(b) (“§ 533(b)”), which prohibit telephone companies, and their affiliates, from providing video…
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3Cited by11 opinions
- The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia Bell Atlantic Video Services Company Bell Atlantic Corporation Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company C & P Telephone Company of Maryland the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia the Diamond State Telephone Company the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania New Jersey Bell Telephone Company v. United States of America Federal Communications Commission Janet Reno, in Her Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United States, and the National Cable Television Association, Incorporated, Consumer Federation of America Virginia Citizens Consumer Council Newspaper Association of America Virginia Press Association Computer & Communications Industry Association Mets Fans United/virginia Consumers for Cable Choice Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation the American Legislative Exchange Council the Competitive Enterprise Institute the United States Telephone Association Ameritech Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Gte Service Corporation, on Behalf of Its Affiliated Domestic Operating Companies Nynex Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Rochester Telephone Corporation Southwestern Bell Corporation Us West Incorporated Telecommunications Industry Association, Fiber Optics Division, Amici Curiae. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia Bell Atlantic Corporation Bell Atlantic Video Services Company Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia the Diamond State Telephone Company the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania New Jersey Bell Telephone Company v. The National Cable Television Association, Incorporated, and United States of America Federal Communications Commission Janet Reno, in Her Official Capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Consumer Federation of America Virginia Citizens Consumer Council Newspaper Association of America Virginia Press Association Computer & Communications Industry Association Mets Fans United/virginia Consumers for Cable Choice Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation the American Legislative Exchange Council the Competitive Enterprise Institute the United States Telephone Association Ameritech Corporation Bellsouth Corporation Gte Service Corporation, on Behalf of Its Affiliated Domestic Operating Companies Nynex Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Rochester Telephone Corporation Southwestern Bell Corporation Us West Incorporated Telecommunications Industry Association, Fiber Optics Division, Amici CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
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- GTE California, Inc. v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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