CLASSIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; Classic Telephone, Inc.; and Classic Cable, Inc., Plaintiffs,
v.
RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE CO., INC.; Vision Plus, Inc.; Larry E. Sevier; Merlin Dennis; Barney Hickert; F.C. Brungardt; Douglas Ziegler; Charley Minium; Marion Otter; Glenn Lambert; Robert E. McCall; Shane Brady; Kenneth Clark; City of Hill City, Kansas; City of Bogue, Kansas; City of Quinter, Kansas; City of Morland, Kansas; City of Norcatur, Kansas; City of Gorham, Kansas; City of Damar, Kansas; City of Palco, Kansas; and City of Logan, Kansas, Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Kansas.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 3, 1996.
December 3, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Victor A. Davis, Jr., David P. Troup, Weary, Davis, Henry, Struebing & Troup, Junction City, KS, Gordon D. Gee, Paul G. Schepers, Rachel H. Baker, Susan S. Goldammer, Seigfreid, Bingham, Levy, Selzer & Gee, Kansas City, MO, Cary Ferchill, Mark D. Goranson, Brian F. Antweil, Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, P.A., Austin, TX, for Classic Communications, Inc., Classic Telephone, Inc. and Classic Cable, Inc.
Donald D. Barry, Anthony S. Barry, Barry & Barry, Topeka, KS, J. Eugene Balloun, Timothy M. O'Brien, Robert D. Grossman, David A. Rameden, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Overland Park, KS, for Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc., Vision Plus, Inc., Larry E. Sevier, Merlin Dennis, Barney Hickert, F.C. Brungardt, Douglas Ziegler, Charley Minium, Marion Otter, Glenn Lambert, Robert E. McCall and Shane Brady.
Allen Shelton, Shelton Law Firm, P.A., Oberlin, KS, for Kenneth Clark.
William B. Elliott, Hill City, KS, for City of Hill City, Kansas.
Allen G. Glendenning, Watkins, Calcara, Rondeau, Friedeman, Bleeker, Glendenning & McVay, Chtd., Great Bend, KS, for City of Bogue, Kansas.
S. Philip Stover, Quinter, KS, for City of Quinter, Kansas.
Tony A. Potter, Hill City, KS, for City of Morland, Kansas.
Steven W. Hirsch, Hirsch & Pratt, Oberlin, KS, for City of Norcatur, Kansas.
Kenneth L. Cole, Woelk & Cole, Russell, KS, for City of Gorham, Kansas.
Terry L. Cikanek, Krysl & Cikanek, Stockton, KS, Craig C. Blumreich, Gehrt & Roberts, Chartered, Topeka, KS, for City of Damar, Kansas and City of Palco, Kansas.
Karen L. Griffiths, R. Douglas Sebelius, Sebelius & Griffiths, Norton, KS, for City of Logan, Kansas.
United States District Court, D. Kansas.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SAFFELS, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on the motions to dismiss of defendants City of Palco (Doc. 43), City of Damar (Doc. 44), City of Morland (Doc. 45), City of Norcatur (Doc. 48), and City of Gorham (Doc. 50). For the reasons set forth below, defendants' motions are granted in part and denied in part.
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