COMMUNITY TV CORP. v. TOWN OF BELMONT

No. 94-868.

140 N.H. 792 (1996)

COMMUNITY TV CORP. v. TOWN OF BELMONT AND TOWN OF MEREDITH

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

April 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Normandin, Cheney & O'Neil, of Laconia (Duncan J. Farmer on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.

Nighswander, Martin & Mitchell, P.A., of Laconia, and Peter J. Epstein, of Boston, Massachusetts (Walter L. Mitchell and Mr. Epstein on the brief, and Mr. Epstein orally), for the defendants.


BRODERICK, J.

The defendants, the Towns of Belmont and Meredith (towns), appeal the Superior Court's (Perkins, J.) determination that the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 and its amendments, 47 U.S.C. §§ 521 et seq. (1988 & Supp. 1993) (Cable Act), do not preempt the arbitration provisions in franchise agreements with the plaintiff, Community TV Corp. Alternatively, the towns contend that the trial court erred in identifying applicable...

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