CHARLOTTE TELECASTERS, INC. v. JEFFERSON-PILOT CORP.

No. 75-2326.

546 F.2d 570 (1976)

CHARLOTTE TELECASTERS, INC., and North Carolina Cable, Inc., Appellants, Television Presentations, Inc., Plaintiff, v. JEFFERSON-PILOT CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry S. Cohen, Washington, D. C. (Michael D. Hausfeld, Herbert E. Milstein, Washington, D. C., Jerry W. Whitley, Charlotte, N. C., on brief), for appellants.

William L. Stocks, Greensboro, N. C. (Welch Jordan, Janet L. Covey, Jordan, Wright, Nichols, Caffrey & Hill, Greensboro, N. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Charlotte Telecasters, Inc., and Television Presentations, Inc., (Telecasters) appeal the summary judgment dismissing their antitrust claim against Jefferson-Pilot Corp., Jefferson Standard Broadcast Co., and Jefferson-Carolina Corp. (Jefferson). Telecasters charged that Jefferson conspired with members of the city council of Charlotte, North Carolina, to obtain a television franchise, and to prevent...

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