CALIFORNIA SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC. v. NICHOLS

Docket No. 20883.

170 Cal.App.3d 56 (1985)

216 Cal. Rptr. 180

CALIFORNIA SATELLITE SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RALPH NICHOLS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

June 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jed Scully, Douglas H. Drake, Walter R. Hyatt, Glendalee Scully and Joan Clark for Defendants and Appellants.

de la Vergne & Murtry, James V. de la Vergne, Donna L. Freeman, Weintraub, Genshlea, Hardy, Erich & Brown and Roger T. Stewart for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

PUGLIA, P.J.

Defendants Ralph Nichols, Adolph Gower, and Douglas Hyatt appeal from a preliminary injunction granted upon essentially undisputed facts. The principal issue posed is whether a state court may entertain a private action brought under the federal Communications Act (47 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq. at § 605) to enjoin the unauthorized interception and use of microwave transmissions of television signals intended...

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