CITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. CITY OF DETROIT

No. 86-CV-71087-DT.

650 F.Supp. 1570 (1987)

CITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Michigan corporation, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF DETROIT, a Municipal corporation, Barden Cablevision of Detroit, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and Maclean-Hunter, a Canadian corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

January 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis by Peter S. Greenberg, Lois W. Davis, Philadelphia, Pa., Butzel Long Gust Klein & Van Zile by William M. Saxton, Edward M. Kronk, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff; Hyde & Mercer, William R. Hyde, Jr., Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Dickinson Wright Van Dusen & Freeman by Fred W. Freeman, W. Gerald Warren, Roger H. Cummings, Elizabeth A. Trickey, Detroit, Mich., for defendant Barden Cablevision of Detroit, Inc.

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn by David A. Ettinger, I.W. Winsten, H.C. Goplerud, William D. Sargent, Detroit, Mich., for defendant City of Detroit.

William J. DeBiasi, P.C. by William J. DeBiasi, Taylor, Mich., for defendant Maclean-Hunter Cable TV, Inc. Incorrectly denominated as MacLean-Hunter.


OPINION

GILMORE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court upon defendants' motions to dismiss, or for summary judgment. The suit challenges the legality of the City of Detroit's award to defendants of an exclusive cable television franchise for the City of Detroit.

Plaintiff is one of two unsuccessful bidders for the contract to install cable television in the City of Detroit, and has filed this six count complaint seeking compensatory damages...

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