TIMES MIRROR CO. v. DIVISION OF PUBLIC UTILITY CONTROL

(12039), (12045)

192 Conn. 506 (1984)

THE TIMES MIRROR COMPANY ET AL. v. DIVISION OF PUBLIC UTILITY CONTROL ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released March 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot F. Gerson, deputy attorney general, with whom were William B. Gundling, assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, and Robert S. Golden, Jr., assistant attorney general, for the appellant (named defendant).

Barry S. Zitser, consumer counsel, for the appellant (defendant division of consumer counsel).

George H. Shapiro, of the District of Columbia bar, with whom where James J. Kennelly, Howard L. Slater and, on the brief, Barry S. Feigenbaum, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

Milton Sorokin, Ethel S. Sorokin, and Richard C. Robinson filed a brief as amici curiae.

PETERS, HEALEY, PARSKEY, GRILLO and SPADA, JS.


PETERS, J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Federal Communications Commission has preempted state regulation of cross-ownership of cable television stations and newspapers. The present proceeding was initiated by a motion filed by the Division of Consumer Counsel (DCC) asking the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) to investigate the suitability of control by the Times Mirror Company (Times Mirror) of two Connecticut community antenna television...

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