STORER CABLE COMMUNICATIONS v. MONTGOMERY, ALA.

Civ. A. No. 90-T-958-N.

826 F.Supp. 1338 (1993)

STORER CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

June 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Cunningham, Jr., Terry S. Bienstock, Frates, Bienstock & Sheehe, Miami, FL, Robert A. Huffaker, Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, Montgomery, AL, for plaintiffs.

Susan Russ Walker, Bradley Byrne, Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, Tyrone C. Means, Mark Englehart, Cynthia Clinton, Anita Kelly, Thomas, Means & Gillis, Montgomery, AL, for defendant Montgomery Cablevision and Entertainment, Inc.

Robert A. Huffaker, Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, AL, Terry S. Bienstock, Philip J. Kantor, Ira Hershkowitz, Bienstock & Clark, Miami, FL, for counterclaim defendants Storer Cable Communications, Inc., Satellite Services, Inc., Tele-Communications, Inc. and ESPN, Inc.

Solomon S. Seay, Jr., Montgomery, AL, Alan Shor, John J. Dalton, Mark S. Vander-Broek, Jim Lamberth, Thomas E. Campbell, June Kirkland, Richard Ford, Troutman Sanders, Ralph Greil, Atlanta, GA, for counterclaim defendants Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Turner Network Television, Inc. and Turner Cable Network Sales, Inc.

Stephen N. Dodd, Mary Elizabeth Culberson, Office of Atty. Gen., James Evans, Alabama State House, Montgomery, AL, for State of Alabama.

W. Joseph McCorkle, W. Joseph McCorkle, Jr., Maury D. Smith, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, AL, for City of Montgomery.


ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

Several cable television companies initially brought this lawsuit against defendant City of Montgomery, Alabama, challenging the legality of two municipal ordinances. The plaintiffs — Storer Cable Communications, Inc., ESPN, Inc., Satellite Services, Inc., and Turner Network Television, Inc. — contended that the ordinances violated a number of federal constitutional provisions and statutes, as well...

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