PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC. v. U.S.

Civil Action Nos. 96-94, 96-107-JJF.

918 F.Supp. 813 (1996)

PLAYBOY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., Graff Pay-Per-View Inc., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, United States Department of Justice, Janet Reno, Attorney General, Federal Communications Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

March 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, Katherine R. Witherspoon, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Delaware. Robert Corn-Revere, Jean S. Moore, Ronald J. Wiltsie, II, of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., Washington, D.C. Burton Joseph, of Barsy, Joseph & Lichtenstein, Chicago, Illinois, for Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.

William D. Johnston, John W. Shaw, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Delaware. Charles S. Sims, John Siegal, of Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn L.L.P., New York City. Daniel Barsky, Jane Hatterer, New York City, for Graff Pay-Per-View Inc.

Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Gregory M. Sleet, United States Attorney, Patricia C. Hannigan, Assistant United States Attorney, of United States Attorney's Office, Wilmington, Delaware. Theodore C. Hirt, James J. Gilligan, Sarah L. Wilson, of United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Christopher J. Wright, Deputy General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, of Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., for Defendants.


OPINION

FARNAN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Presently before the Court is the Application for a Temporary Restraining Order filed by Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. ("TRO") (D.I. 3).1 Pursuant to Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Playboy seeks to prevent Defendants the United States, the United States Department of Justice, Attorney General Janet...

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