MINNEAPOLIS CABLESYSTEMS v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

No. 51381.

299 N.W.2d 121 (1980)

MINNEAPOLIS CABLESYSTEMS, etc., Appellant, v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, et al., Respondents, Northern Cablevision of Minneapolis, Inc., intervenor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Connor & Hannan and Joe Walters and Douglas Franzen, IDS Center, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Robert J. Alfton, City Atty., J. David Abramson, Asst. City Atty., Minneapolis, for City of Minneapolis.

Briggs & Morgan and Leonard Keyes and R. Scott Davies, Minneapolis, for Northern Cablevision of Minneapolis, Inc.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

Minneapolis Cablesystems brought this action on December 11, 1979, against the City of Minneapolis for a declaratory judgment that City Council Resolution 79R-396 awarded plaintiff a franchise to build and operate a cable television system in Minneapolis. Minneapolis Cablesystems also sought to enjoin the city council from rescinding the alleged franchise and sought judgment declaring rescission of Resolution 79R-396 to be null and void.

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