CITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. CITY OF DETROIT

No. 86-CV-71087-DT.

685 F.Supp. 160 (1988)

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 Cable TV, Inc., a Canadian corporation, Defendants.

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

June 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis by Peter S. Greenberg, Christine C. Levin, Philadelphia, Pa., Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile by William M. Saxton, Keefe A. Brooks, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff; Hyde & Mercer by William R. Hyde, Jr., Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman by W. Gerald Warren, Detroit, Mich., for Barden Cablevision of Detroit, Inc.

Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn by I.W. Winsten, William D. Sargent, Detroit, Mich., for City of Detroit.

William J. DeBiasi, Taylor, Mich., for MacLean-Hunter Cable TV, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GILMORE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court upon defendants' motion for summary judgment on the First Amendment claim, and plaintiff's motion for summary judgment against the City of Detroit on the First Amendment claim. The suit challenges the legality of the City of Detroit's award to defendant Barden Cablevision of an exclusive cable television franchise for the City of Detroit...

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