TELEPROMPTER OF ERIE, INC. v. CITY OF ERIE

Civ. A. No. 81-17 Erie.

537 F.Supp. 6 (1981)

TELEPROMPTER OF ERIE, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF ERIE, a municipal corporation, and its elected officials, officers and agents, the Council of the City of Erie, a legislative body, Larry D. Meredith, President of The Council of the City of Erie, in his representative capacity and as an individual, Erie Telecommunications, Inc., a corporation and Greater Erie Economic Development Corporation, a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

May 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Burke, Gregory Harvey, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Harold Schmidt, Pittsburgh, Pa., John Quinn, Jr., Erie, Pa., for defendant ETI.

David Ungerman, Stephen H. Hutzelman, Erie, Pa., for defendant Larry Meredith.

Thomas Ridge, Erie, Pa., for defendant GEEDC.

John R. Wingerter, Erie, Pa., for defendant City of Erie.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KNOX, District Judge.

This suit arises out of a vote by the Council of the City of Erie on November 5, 1980 to award the Erie cable television franchise to Erie Telecommunications, Inc. (ETI). Plaintiff, Teleprompter of Erie, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation competing for the cable franchise, filed this complaint on January 22, 1981 against the City of Erie, the Council of the City of Erie, Councilman Larry Meredith and two Pennsylvania...

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