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TOTAL TV v. PALMER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 94-55112.

69 F.3d 298 (1995)

TOTAL TV, a Wisconsin Corporation, dba Total TV, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PALMER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and Colony Communications, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Henneberry, Esq., Howrey & Simon, Washington DC, Dale J. Giali, Howrey & Simon, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant Palmer Communications Incorporated.

Kathleen A. Marron, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Ernest I. Reveal, Tod R. Dubow, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, Costa Mesa, California, for defendant-appellant Colony Communications, Inc.

Robert M. Whitney, Katherine M. Lunsford, Foley & Lardner, Madison, Wisconsin, and Christopher Q. Britton, Michael R. Weinstein, Ferris & Britton, San Diego, California, for plaintiff-appellee.

Barbara M. Motz, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, as amicus curiae in support of plaintiff-appellee.

Spencer R. Kaitz, Jeffrey Sinsheimer, California Cable Television Association, Oakland, California, as amicus curiae in support of defendants-appellants.

Before: PREGERSON, POOLE, and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, cable television operators Colony Communications, Inc. ("Colony") and Palmer Communications, Inc. ("Palmer"), interlocutorily appeal the district court's denial of their motion to dismiss on federal preemption grounds competitor Total TV's diversity action. We granted permission to appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), and we affirm.1

I. Background

Colony is a franchised cable...

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