ASS'N OF INDEPENDENT T.V. STATIONS v. COLLEGE FOOTBALL ASS'N

Civ. Nos. 84-2283-JB, 84-2367-JB.

637 F.Supp. 1289 (1986)

ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT TELEVISION STATIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. The COLLEGE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION; The Big Eight Football Conference; American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.; ABC Sports, Inc.; Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Inc., Defendants. SPORTS VIEW COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. The COLLEGE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION; American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.; ABC Sports, Inc.; and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Oklahoma.

March 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest A. Hainline, III, John H. Hanson, Washington, D.C., Michael Minnis, Oklahoma City, Okl., Michael Medina, Tulsa, Okl., for plaintiff.

Andy Coats, Clyde A. Muchmore, Oklahoma City, Okl., Gary J. Smith, Washington, D.C., Kenneth R. Webster, Oklahoma City, Okl., Clyde W. Curtis, Kansas City, Mo., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BURCIAGA, District Judge, sitting by designation.

These consolidated actions are for treble damages and injunctive relief for violations of the Sherman Act, 26 Stat. 209, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., and for tortious interference with contractual and business relations. The plaintiffs Association of Independent Television Stations, Inc. (INTV) and Sports View Company (SVC) challenge a series of television plans and television...

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