GAGAN v. AMERICAN CABLEVISION, INC.

Nos. 94-3970, 94-3982.

77 F.3d 951 (1996)

James L. GAGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN CABLEVISION, INC., Allwave Cable Construction Co., Inc., James A. Monroe, Hans D. Theurer, Charles M. Trimble, James Gouyd, and Victor E. Sharar, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1996.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Joseph Yast (argued), Northfield, IL, for James L. Gagan.

Kenneth D. Reed (argued), Abrahamson, Reed & Adley, Hammond, IN, for Hans D. Theurer.

George J. Glendening (argued), Hammond, IN, E. Day Carman, E. Day Carman & Associates, Newport Beach, CA, for American Cablevision, Incorporated, James A. Monroe, Charles M. Trimble, James Gouyd, Victor E. Sharar, Allwave Cable Construction Company, Incorporated.

Before FLAUM, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

The recent advent of direct satellite television, with its seemingly limitless access to hundreds of different channels, makes it somewhat hard to believe that just a short time ago most Americans only had access to the three major television networks and PBS. However, as cable television (CATV) grew from its infancy in 1949 in rural America (where broadcast signals were too faint to receive) to most urban areas in the late 1970's...

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