BERKSHIRE CABLEVISION OF RHODE ISLAND, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
Edward F. BURKE, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard May 10, 1985.
Decided September 24, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John F. Rogers, Pittsfield, Mass., with whom Frederick M. Myers, Cain, Hibbard, Myers & Cook, Pittsfield, Mass., William P. Robinson III, Jeffrey C. Schreck, Michael DiBiase and Edwards & Angell, Providence, R.I., were on brief for appellant.
Brenda L. Fox, Carol A. Melton, Robert St. John Roper, Michael S. Schooler and Timothy C. Sloan, Washington, D.C., on brief for Nat. Cable Television Ass'n, Inc., amicus curiae.
Thomas A. Rouse, Hartford, Conn., with whom Howard L. Slater and Byrne, Slater, Sandler, Shulman & Rouse, P.C., Hartford, Conn., were on brief for appellee Bellevue Cablevision, Inc.
Michael I. Meyerson, New York Citizens' Committee for Responsible Media, with whom John A. Notte, III, Providence, R.I., R.I. Div. of Public Utilities & Carriers, Michael Botein, Robert T. Perry, New York City, and Henry Geller, Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellee Edward F. Burke and New York Citizens' Committee for Responsible Media, amicus curiae.
Mark S. Mandell, Mandell, Goodman & Schwartz, Ltd., Providence, R.I., Robert S. Lemle and Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Washington, D.C., on brief for appellee Cablevision Systems Harborview Corp.
John A. Notte, III, Providence, R.I., R.I. Div. of Public Utilities & Carriers, William C. Maaia, Providence, R.I., Robert M. Silva, Middletown, R.I., Mark S. Mandell, Mandell, Aisenberg, Goodman & Schwartz, Ltd., Chester G. Lupton, Carroll, Roberts, Feldstein & Tucker, Ralph T. Della Rosa and Coffey, McGovern, Noel & Neal, Ltd., Providence, R.I., on brief for appellees.
Michael Meyerson, New York Citizens' Committee for Responsible Media, Donna A. Demac, Robert T. Perry, New York City, and Henry Geller, Washington, D.C., on brief for New York Citizens' Committee for Responsible Media and Office of Communication, United Church of Christ, amici curiae.
Timothy E. Wirth, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., Charles M. Firestone, Howard J. Symons and David K. Aylward, Washington, D.C., on brief for Timothy E. Wirth, amicus curiae.
Amy R. Tabor, Pawtucket, R.I., Arthur Eisenberg, New York City, and New York Civil Liberties Union on brief for American Civil Liberties Union, Rhode Island Affiliate, amicus curiae.
Before BOWNES, ALDRICH and BREYER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Berkshire Cablevision of Rhode Island, Inc., appeals a district court order 571 F.Supp. 976 (D.R.I.1983), denying its request for injunctive and declaratory relief against Edmund Burke, the Administrator of Rhode Island's Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (DPUC) — the state agency that regulates community antenna television (CATV). Berkshire, an applicant for a CATV franchise, asked...
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