CABLE HOLDINGS OF BATTLEFIELD, INC. v. COOKE

No. 84-8445.

764 F.2d 1466 (1985)

CABLE HOLDINGS OF BATTLEFIELD, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William J. COOKE, Lookout Cable Services, Inc., the Town of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, the City of Chickamauga, Georgia, and Walker County, Georgia, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam F. Little, Dalton, Ga., Howard Graff, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ronald C. Goulart, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., for Town of Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.

Joseph E. Willard, Rossville, Ga., for Wm. Cooke.

Larry D. Ruskaup, Rossville, Ga., for Lookout Cable.

William Ralph Hill, LaFayette, Ga., for City of Chickamauga.

Before KRAVITCH and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the efforts of the plaintiff cable television company to enforce what it alleges to be valid, "exclusive" franchises to operate cable television systems within certain areas in north Georgia. Plaintiff commenced an action in federal district court against a competing company, its principal owner, and three local governmental entities, seeking a declaratory judgment that plaintiff's franchises are indeed valid and "exclusive...

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