TELE-COMMUNICATIONS OF KEY WEST v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-5008.

757 F.2d 1330 (1985)

TELE-COMMUNICATIONS OF KEY WEST, INC., Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay L. Cohen, Washington, D.C., with whom Fred Israel, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant. Alan R. Plutzik, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellant.

Stuart H. Newberger, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Royce C. Lamberth and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT and MIKVA, Circuit Judges, and MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a District Court order dismissing, for failure to state a claim, a complaint filed by Tele-Communications of Key West, Inc. (TCI), a purveyor of cable television service. The issue presented is whether the dismissal was, in fact, proper under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). As discussed below, we hold that the District Court erroneously dismissed...

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