Legal Opinion
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 21, 1990No. 89-1026PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment and injunction entered by the district court. We borrow considerably from Judge Pieras’ thorough opinion, published at 698 F.Supp. 401 (D. Puerto Rico 1988).
I. Introduction
These facts are undisputed: Cable operating companies, after securing monopoly franchises from local authorities, provide the channels and hardware over which cable programming is transmitted. In order to encourage programming diversity, which might otherwise be stifled by the cable operator’s monopoly, the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984,…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by149 opinions
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