Pacific Telesis Group v. United States

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a First Amendment challenge to 47 U.S.C. § 533(b), the telephone company — cable television cross-ownership prohibition. The district court stayed the proceedings pending resolution by this court of GTE California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, 39 F.3d 940 (9th Cir.1994). After the stay was entered, the plaintiffs moved in the district court for a preliminary injunction against enforcement of § 533(b) pending resolution of this case. The district court summarily denied the application for a preliminary injunction, and this…