CITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. CITY OF DETROIT

Nos. 88-1965, 88-2138.

888 F.2d 1081 (1989)

CITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF DETROIT; Barden Cable-Vision; and MacLean-Hunter, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Saxton, Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, Detroit, Mich., Peter S. Greenberg, argued, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff-appellant City Communications, Inc.

William D. Sargent, I.W. Winsten, argued, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee City of Detroit.

Fred W. Freeman, Robert W. Powell, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, W. Gerald Warren, argued, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee Barden Cable-Vision.

William J. DeBiasi, Taylor, Mich., for defendant-appellee MacLean Hunter.

Before JONES and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and BELL, District Judge.


MILBURN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant City Communications, Inc., an unsuccessful bidder for a franchise to install a cable television system in the City of Detroit, appeals the multiple summary judgments of the district court dismissing its First Amendment and antitrust claims against the City of Detroit and the successful bidder, Barden Cable-Vision Company. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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