THOMPSON EVERETT, INC. v. NATIONAL CABLE ADVERT.

No. 94-1656.

57 F.3d 1317 (1995)

THOMPSON EVERETT, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL CABLE ADVERTISING, L.P.; Cable Networks, Inc.; Cable Media Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Stephen Earl Baril, Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, P.C., Richmond, VA, Theodore Voorhees, Jr., Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for appellant. Yvonne Susan Quinn, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, for appellees. ON BRIEF: John J. Walker, III, Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins, P.C., Richmond, VA, for appellant. Richard C. Pepperman, II, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, Stephen A. Northup, Robert D. Seabolt, Mays & Valentine, Richmond, VA, for appellee Cable Networks; Charles M. Allen, Jr., Wright, Robinson, McCammon, Osthimer & Tatum, Richmond, VA, Daniel G. Swanson, Julia A. Dahlberg, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, for appellee National Cable Advertising; Thomas E. Spahn, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, VA, Gerald J. Fields, Raymond J. Soffientini, Stewart Klein, Battle Fowler, New York City, for appellee Cable Media.

Before NIEMEYER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Senior Judge PHILLIPS joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Thompson Everett, Inc., a self-styled "independent cable television representative firm" engaged in placing "spot" advertising on cable television, contends that it is being illegally denied access to cable television companies and the "opportunity to earn rep commissions" in connection with the...

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