TV COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC. v. ESPN, INC.

Civ. A. No. 90-F-864.

767 F.Supp. 1062 (1991)

TV COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC., a/k/a TVCN, Plaintiff, v. ESPN, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., d/b/a ABC Television Network, a/k/a ABC, a New York Corporation, Tele-Communications, Inc., a/k/a TCI, a Delaware Corporation, United Artists Entertainment Company, a/k/a UAE, a Delaware Corporation, American Television and Communications Corporation, a/k/a ATC, a Delaware Corporation, Scripps Howard Cable Company and Scripps Howard Communications, an Ohio Corporation, Mile Hi Cable Company, d/b/a Mile Hi Cablevision, a/k/a Mile Hi, a Colorado Corporation, Turner Network Television, Inc., a/k/a TNT, a Georgia Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

April 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Brotzman, Englewood, Colo., Eric Ross, TCVN, Inc., Denver, Colo., for plaintiff.

Edwin Durso, Gen. Counsel, ESPN, Inc., New York City, for defendant ESPN, Inc.

Frederick T. Davis, Jeffrey M. Zimmerman, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, Frederick J. Baumann, Paul J. Zylstra, Rothgerber, Appel, Powers & Johnson, Denver, Colo., for defendants ESPN, Inc. and Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.

Robert E. Youle, Brian G. Eberle, Sherman & Howard, Denver, Colo., for defendants Tele-Communications, Inc. and United Artists Entertainment Co.

William C. McClearn, James Hartley, Holland & Hart, Denver, Colo., Robert D. Joffe, Andrea J. Pollack, Cravath, Swain & Moore, New York City, for defendants American Television and Communications Corp. and Mile Hi Cable Co.

James A. Clark, Bruce D. Pringle, Marjorie N. Sloan, Baker & Hostetler, Denver, Colo., for defendants Scripps Howard Cable and Scripps Howard Communications.

Miles C. Cortez, Jr., Stephen J. Hensen, Cortez & Friedman, P.C., Denver, Colo., John J. Dalton, P.C., June Ann Kirkland, P.C., Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant Turner Network Television, Inc.


ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND JUDGMENT, VACATING PRIOR ORDER, AND GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS

SHERMAN G. FINESILVER, Chief Judge.

This matter comes before the court on plaintiff's motion to alter or amend judgment, filed December 31, 1990. Jurisdiction is based upon 28 U.S.C.A. § 1331 (West Supp.1990). For the reasons below, the motion to alter or amend judgment is hereby GRANTED. We hereby VACATE our prior order. The outstanding motions to...

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