AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSIC COMPANY v. TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.

No. 95 Civ. 4591 (AGS).

922 F.Supp. 926 (1996)

AMERICAN MOVIE CLASSICS COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO., as successor in interest to RKO Pictures, Inc. and Turner Classic Movies, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for plaintiff (Kenneth L. Steinthal and David J. Lender, of counsel).

David Dunn, Davis, Scott, Weber & Edwards, P.C., New York City and Jack Dalton, P.C., Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Georgia, for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

SCHWARTZ, District Judge:

This case concerns a dispute over the exhibition of classic motion pictures on cable television. Plaintiff American Movie Classics Company ("AMCC"), the owner and operator of the American Movie Classics ("AMC") cable network, alleges that defendants Turner Entertainment Co. ("Turner Entertainment") and Turner Classic Movies, Inc. ("Turner Classic") violated AMCC's exclusive exhibition rights in a library...

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