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.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 12, 1991.
April 12, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Daniel L. Brotzman, Englewood, Colo., Eric Ross, TVCN, Inc., Denver, Colo., for plaintiff.
Edwin Durso, General 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.
United States District Court, D. Colorado.
ORDER
SHERMAN G. FINESILVER, Chief Judge.
THIS MATTER comes before the court on plaintiff's Motion to Recuse, filed April 12, 1991. For the reasons stated below, the Motion is denied.
Plaintiff TVCN seeks recusal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455. Plaintiff contends that disqualification is mandated by the personal friendship between Chief Judge Finesilver and William Daniels, a principal of Daniels & Associates. Further, a member of Chief Judge...
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