Legal Opinion
Borough of Scottdale v. National Cable Television Corp.
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 7, 1977No. Appeal, No. 997 C.D. 1976PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
The Borough of Scottdale filed a complaint in equity with the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County• requesting the court to enjoin the National Cable Television Corporation (National) from increasing its rates for cable television service without the prior approval of the Borough. The lower court granted a permanent injunction and National has appealed.
On January 9, 1967, the Borough adopted Ordinance No. 496, entitled as follows:
An ORDINANCE GRANTING TO NATIONAL CABLE Television Corporation, and its assigns, the NONEXCLUSIVE RIGHT AND PERMISSION TO ERECT,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Philadelphia v. Holmes Electric Protective Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Wood v. McGrathSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Aberdeen Cable TV Service, Inc. v. City of AberdeenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
- Illinois Broadcasting Co. v. City of DecaturAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- Kornegay v. City of RaleighSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Teleprompter of Erie, Inc. v. City of ErieDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Community Tele-Communications, Inc. v. Heather Corp.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- Meridian Charter Township v. RobertsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
- Borough of Munhall v. Dynamic Cablevision, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Vessella v. Lawrence Cablevision, Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County1977
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