LA. CABLEVISION v. LA. PUBLIC SERVICE COM'N

No. CA 84 1114.

482 So.2d 715 (1985)

LOUISIANA CABLEVISION, Callais Cablevision, Inc., Lafourche Communications, Inc., and Total CATV, Inc. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1986.

Writ Granted April 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Zimsky, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant Louisiana Cablevision, Callais Cablevision, Inc., LaFourche Communications, Inc. and Total CATV, Inc.

Victor A. Sachse, III, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee South Central Bell.

J. Wayne Anderson, New Orleans, for intervenor-appellee Louisiana Power & Light Co. (LP & L).

Marshall B. Brinkley, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Louisiana Public Service Com'n.

James L. Ellis, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellee Gulf States Utilities Co.

Before LOTTINGER, COLE and CRAIN, JJ.


LOTTINGER, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked whether the Louisiana Public Service Commission has the authority to regulate the rates, terms, and conditions of "pole attachment" agreements between utility companies and cable television operators.

Appellants are cable television operators who provide cable television services to individual subscribers by transmitting television images over coaxial cables. For convenience, economic and aesthetic reasons, the...

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