METRO CABLE CO. v. CATV OF ROCKFORD, INC.

No. 74-1492.

516 F.2d 220 (1975)

METRO CABLE CO., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATV OF ROCKFORD, INC., an Illinois Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Calkins, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

George L. Saunders, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before STEVENS and TONE, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


TONE, Circuit Judge.

This action under the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2) arises out of plaintiff's inability to obtain a franchise from the City of Rockford, Illinois, to construct and operate a cable television transmission system within that city. The defendants are the company that did obtain a franchise; its affiliate which operates television broadcasting channel WCEE-TV in Rockford; four individuals who are officers or directors and, with one exception...

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